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Kendrick Meek: “Then guess what? The local folks start seeing the millage rate go up from the school board. They start putting these…”

On the recordJune 17, 2005
Then guess what? The local folks start seeing the millage rate go up from the school board. They start putting these local bond referendums on the ballots, because they do not have the money. Meanwhile, we are sitting up here in Washington talking about what is the problem, we have not raised your taxes? Yes, we have, we have raised your taxes.
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Kendrick Meek
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