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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal> The argument by Stacy white, a Hillsborough county commissioner who filed the law suit is that the people do not have the right to tax themselves – only elected officials can tax the people. What a ridiculous argument that the conservative justices seem to agree with!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marion Gwizdala<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Marion Gwizdala<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(813) 626-2789<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marion.Gwizdala@verizon.net <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NFBF-Tampa <nfbf-tampa-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Louise Peyton via NFBF-Tampa<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 25, 2021 12:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Florida Tampa Chapter List <nfbf-tampa@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Louise Peyton <lp2473@hotmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFBF-Tampa] fla. supreme court<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The citizens of Hillsborough County voted for an extra penny sales tax for transportation back in 2018. We have been paying that extra penny. Now the Florida supreme court struck down the decision of the voters of this county. I, and many others, hoped Hart services would be expanded throughout the county with this tax. Now the people in power have to decide what to do with the additional money that was raised. Absolutely ridiculous that the average taxpayer isn’t listened to.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>