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Lee Logan

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The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Lee Logan

False

Local candidate misreads the numbers

O'Connor

Rachel O'Connor

The Pasco County budget "has doubled in the past three years."

— PolitiFact Florida on Sunday, July 22nd, 2012

Mostly False

More like following orders from Tallahassee

Oakley

Ron Oakley's "conservative leadership protected local taxpayers over government bureaucrats" as the Water Management District’s budget decreased by "58 percent in the four years he served on the board."

— PolitiFact Florida on Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

False

The policy treats gay people differently than other groups

Scott

A 2005 gay pride vote "had nothing to do with discrimination."

— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, February 21st, 2011

Half-True

It's rare, but 'no one' misses the mark

Turanchik

"No one in the private sector gets unlimited accruals of vacation and sick leave."

— PolitiFact Florida on Friday, January 28th, 2011

False

Oh, you mean THOSE panhandlers?

Buckhorn

"There was no panhandling when I left office."

— PolitiFact Florida on Friday, January 21st, 2011

Half-True

Jefferson was only talking about King George

Scott

Regulations are an "endemic weakness in government -- so old that Thomas Jefferson listed this problem among his charges against the King of England in the Declaration of Independence."

— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Mostly True

It's not a fancy spiral staircase

Grayson

"When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office."

— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

False

They've actually sent more

Flores

For the new state budget, "Floridians have sent us $3 billion less of their funding."

— PolitiFact Florida on Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

True

Tax hike for cigarettes, increases for driver licenses and car tags

Justice

Charlie Justice

"The Florida Legislature raised taxes and fees by almost $2 billion" in the 2009 session.

— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, March 8th, 2010