$45M in local projects proposed amid Florida budget woes
Jim Turner, News Service of Florida reporter
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And hundreds more are expected before the 2021 legislative session starts in early March.
The proposals range from the $25,000 sought by Rep. Anna Eskaman, D-Orlando, for an adult-literacy program in Central Florida (HB 2017) to $7.2 million sought by Sen. Manny Diaz Jr., R-Hialeah, to continue funding the Veterans Access Clinic at Nova Southeastern University (Senate form 1000).
Other examples include requests for $250,000 to help fund septic-to-sewer conversions in Collier County (HB 2045); $300,000 to help elevate Bonita Springs homes flooded by Hurricane Irma in 2017 (HB 2043); and $200,000 to promote swimming lessons for children in Pasco, Pinellas, Manatee, Hillsborough, Broward and Miami-Dade counties (Senate Form 1007).