Hard decisions made in legislative session

The Florida House of Representatives and Senate ended the 2011 regular legislative session May 6, and Florida will see some changes.

Gov. Rick Scott said, in a press release, under his leadership, a more than $3 billion deficit was closed and overall spending was cut by more than $2 billion.

He also said he kept his promise to taxpayers and reduced the property tax burden on Florida’s taxpayers by $210 million.

Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, said hard decisions had to be made during this session.

“I think it was an excellent legislative session considering the hard decisions that had to made…Some of those cuts I’m very pleased we made and some were hard decisions that had to made,” said Gaetz.

One of the bills Gaetz was pleased to see pass was his co-sponsored Oil Spill Economic Recovery Act.

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