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we ll continue the conversation. school districts across the country are figdealing with hug budget cuts. joining us from broward county school district, superintendent james notter. how has the national recession impacted florida s economy and as a result your budget? hi, tony, how are you doing? i m great. thank you for being here. it s been an absolute catastrophe, quite frankly. florida is a service-oryebt ser state. it s hit us harder than other places in the country in terms of our sales tax, the biggest part of our budget. and we had the issues with foreclosures and the rapid escalation in the property cost and then a quick deescalation which is the other part of how we fund florida. i got to ask you unfortunately go ahead. caused us to have a 3.2
all right. let s do this, let s leave it there. i suspect we ll be calling you, soon, to continue this conversation. james, appreciate it. thank you. appreciate it, tony. yeah, yeah, we really did enjoy that. all this week we ll be looking at the economy and the impact its having on schools across the country. don t forget if you have any comments, smart comments, like grady s here, you can just send them along. go to my blog page, it is cnn.com/tony. we re back in a moment. takes the lead! lindsn earlier, she was suffering from an all-over, achy cold. she stays tough. how does she do it? what is that? i think we ve discovered her advantage. speedy alka-seltzer. alka-seltzer plus. specially formulated with pain-relieving power. rushes cold-fighting ingredients to relieve congestion, coughing, and all-over achiness. it s the official cold medicine of the u.s. ski team. alka-seltzer plus. also available in liquid gels.