Election 2008 Exclusive Interviews
LAKELAND, FL -- First Coast News anchor Joy Purdy sat down for a one on one interview with Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The McCain-Palin presidential campaign made a stop in Riverside Sunday Morning.
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Senator Joe Lieberman, the "Independent Democrat" from Connecticut, stopped by the First Coast News studios this morning for a one on one interview with First Coast News anchor Phil Amato.
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- During her visit to the First Coast Tuesday, Governor Sarah Palin sat down for an exclusive one on one interview with First Coast News anchor Shannon Ogden.
TALLAHASSEE, FL -- What would be her focus as First Lady? Are her young children ready for all the attention given to a Presidential Family? News Anchor Joy Purdy asks Michelle Obama those questions and more in her exclusive interview.
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Vice presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden is interviewed by First Coast News anchor Shannon Ogden on toppings ranging from the financial sector's meltdown to predictions for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Florida Constitutional Amendment Proposals
1. Declaration of Rights: Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to delete provisions authorizing the Legislature to regulate or prohibit the ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for citizenship.
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2. Florida Marriage Protection Amendment: This amendment protects marriage as the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife and provides no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized. The direct financial impact of this amendment will have on state and local government revenues and expenditures cannot be determined but is expected to be minor. Read more>
3. Changes and Improvements Not Affecting Assessed Value of Residential Real Property: Authorizes the Legislature, by general law, to prohibit consideration of changes or improvements to residential real property which increase resistance to wind damage and installation of renewable energy source devices as factors in assessing the properties value for ad valorem taxations purposes. Effective upon adoption, repeals the existing renewable energy source device exemption no longer in effect.
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4. Property Tax Exemption of perpetually Conserved Land; Classification and Assessment of Land Used for Conservation - Requires Legislature to provide a property tax exemption for real property encumbered by perpetual conservation easements or other perpetual conservation protections, defined by general law. Requires Legislature to provide for classification and assessment of land used for conservation purposes and not perpetually encumbered, solely on the bases of character or use. Subjects assessment benefit to conditions, limitations and reasonable definitions established by general law. Applies to property taxes beginning in 2010.
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6. Assessment of Working Waterfront Property Based on Current Use - Provides for assessment based upon land use predominantly for commercial fishing purposes; land used for vessel launches into waters that are navigable and accessible to the public; marinas and drystacks that are open to the public; and water-dependent marine manufacturing facilities, commercial fishing facilities and marine vessel construction and repair facilities and their support activities, subject to conditions, limitations and reasonable definitions specified by general law.
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8. Local Option Community College Funding - Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to require that Legislature authorize counties to levy a local option sales tax to supplement community college funding, requiring voter approval to levy the tax; providing that approved taxes will sunset after 5 years and may be reauthorized by the voters.
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 Pro and Cons of the Florida Constitutional Amendment Proposals (PDF) - League of Women Voters
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