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Local candidate misreads the numbers
The Pasco County budget "has doubled in the past three years."
— PolitiFact Florida on Sunday, July 22nd, 2012
More like following orders from Tallahassee
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
The policy treats gay people differently than other groups
A 2005 gay pride vote "had nothing to do with discrimination."
— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, February 21st, 2011
It's rare, but 'no one' misses the mark
"No one in the private sector gets unlimited accruals of vacation and sick leave."
— PolitiFact Florida on Friday, January 28th, 2011
Oh, you mean THOSE panhandlers?
"There was no panhandling when I left office."
— PolitiFact Florida on Friday, January 21st, 2011
Jefferson was only talking about King George
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
It's not a fancy spiral staircase
"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
They've actually sent more
For the new state budget, "Floridians have sent us $3 billion less of their funding."
— PolitiFact Florida on Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Tax hike for cigarettes, increases for driver licenses and car tags
"The Florida Legislature raised taxes and fees by almost $2 billion" in the 2009 session.
— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, March 8th, 2010