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County votes to stop using prison labor
Alachua County government will stick with its earlier decision to stop using prison labor for county work projects.Dozens of residents showed up to a Tuesday night hearing to support the program’s end, holding up red signs during the meeting that read “Cut FDOC Contracts.”After much debate, commissioners voted 4-1 to stick with their earlier plan to end the use of state prison laborers for county work projects. The county had paid the state's Department of [...]
County repeals business tax
Commissioners said the tax was originally intended to raise revenue, but eventually became merely a way to inform the county of a new business' existence.
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