It appears that Polk County escaped any vetoes of funding items in Florida’s $101.5 billion budget.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office released a list of line-item vetoes Wednesday as he announced his signing of the appropriations bill in New Smyrna Beach. DeSantis trimmed about $1.5 billion from the budget submitted by the Florida Legislature.
A scan of the veto list found no cuts for Polk County projects. By contrast, DeSantis vetoed about $1.4 million in local appropriations last year.
Some Polk County legislators said before the session began in March that they would be more selective than usual in making funding requests. The state’s financial outlook appeared dire at that point as the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a projected decline in state revenue.
13 min ago Share The Family Life Center was established in 1987; they provide temporary refuge to any adult and any accompanying minor or dependent adult.
from: Southern States Management Group Inc.
Thanks to the Golf Classic hosted April 12 by the Souther States Management Group Inc. s charitable foundation, a donation of $35,000 was made to Family Life Center in Flagler County.
The Family Life Center was established in 1987 to provide temporary refuge to any adult and any accompanying minor or dependent adult, to educate the community on the issues of violence in our society, to publicize the availability of the services of the corporation to the public and to maintain a commitment to break the cycle of violence that is perpetuated from generation to generation by maintaining an Outreach Program for children.
By Rick McNary, vice president of Strategic Partnerships for The Outreach ProgramI didn’t think they could do it, but they proved me wrong. I was so sure the Belmont County Farm Bureau would not hit their goal of packaging 22,222 bags of meals for their school’s Backpack Program, that I was already scheduling a truck to pick up the unused ingredients. But I underestimated the power of one man with a vision and the power of farmers to unite a community to care for its own. I
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Grande Prairie Enforcement Services has seen an increase in calls during the first quarter of 2021, according to manager Kelly Kokesch.
”We are dealing with a lot of trespassing calls, but we are also trying to engage the community in the downtown core to call us on all those events as well,” Kokesch said.
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Trespass involves people who come into a business and are not wanted in there by the business owner.