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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Message from Tom Trail:</FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Bill--The Senate defeated the Omnibus Tax Bill--combining both Home
Owners Exemption</DIV>
<DIV>and the 3 mil M & O shift to a 1.25% sales tax increase on a 20-15
vote a few minutes</DIV>
<DIV>ago. The House has the Home Owners Exemption increase from
$50,000 to $75,000 on</DIV>
<DIV>the 2nd Reading Calendar for a vote this afternoon. So I
think we will be able to wind</DIV>
<DIV>up the session with the Circuit Breaker and the Home Owners Exemption as
the major</DIV>
<DIV>tax bills passed--which were both supported by the Dist. 6 Legislative
Team. If you</DIV>
<DIV>want to put this out on Vision2020 please do so</DIV>
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<DIV>Representative. Tom Traiil<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>