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Bay Area Residents Dreaming Of A Tax Rebate Windfall

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By KEITH MORELLI | The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 25, 2008

TAMPA - News of the federal government doling out rebates in May that range from the hundreds to thousands of dollars was greeted with a bit of skepticism as well as musings of how to spend the cash this morning.

A random sampling of consumers, workers and retirees turned up a variety of ways to get rid of the mad cash. Retired Hillsborough County deputy Freddie Langiotti Sr., 62, of Tampa, plans to buy his family, including children and grandchildren, a fine dinner.

Bill Hunt, a 53-year-old construction worker and retired U.S. Navy man from Kissimmee, wants to fix up his home. "I stand to get about $1,200 back," he said.

Linda Peterson, 61, a legal assistant from Tampa, also could get back as much as $1,200, she said.

"I think I'd take a little vacation down in the Keys to visit my kids," she said. "And, I'd probably sock some of it away."

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