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COMMENTARY | Should voters OK special tax extension for Manatee schools? It depends on who you trust

COMMENTARY | Should voters OK special tax extension for Manatee schools? It depends on who you trust

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Oct 21, 2021
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COMMENTARY | Should voters OK special tax extension for Manatee schools? It depends on who you trust
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At moments during a debate Thursday about a proposed extension of a special 1-mill property tax levy for the Manatee School District, the two sides got bogged down in lots of talk about numbers that was more than a little difficult to follow for anyone not familiar with the byzantine nature of public school finance in Florida.

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