Currents
April 2018
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positions at least 10 days before qualifying to run for
federal office.
Gaming Compact - Failed: The Seminole Tribe
would pay Florida $3 billion over seven years in
exchange for permission to play craps and roulette in
the tribe's five casinos, including Tampa's Hard Rock
Hotel & Casino. It would also allow the tribe to exclu-
sively offer slot machines outside Miami-Dade and
Broward counties. Pari-mutuel facilities would be
barred from offering "designated player" card games.
Slavery Memorial: Creates
first Florida Slavery Memorial at
Capitol complex in Tallahassee
Mary McLeod Bethune: Replaces
one of Florida's two statues in the
U.S. Capitol. A statue of civil
rights leader Mary McLeod
Bethune will replace the likeness
of a Confederate General
Edmund Kirby Smith. [Mary Jane
McLeod Bethune was an Ameri-
can educator, stateswoman, phi-
lanthropist, humanitarian and civil
rights activist best known for
starting a private school for
African-American students in
Daytona Beach Wikipedia]
Tax Cuts:
Cuts taxes by
$168.6 million, including tax
breaks on agricultural fencing
materials purchased for repairs
after Hurricane Irma, citrus pack-
ing houses interrupted by Irma or
damaged by citrus greening and
fuel spent on transporting agricul-
tural products after the storm;
adds property tax break for home-
owners displaced by Irma, nurs-
ing homes that buy electric gener-
ators.
18 percent reduction in penal-
ties for non-criminal traffic infrac-
tions for motorists who attend
driving school. Typical savings:
$21.
Residential homestead prop-
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