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Voters OK Hillsborough Land Buy Measure

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By YVETTE C. HAMMETT | The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 4, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County has again embraced the idea of purchasing and protecting undeveloped land, overwhelmingly approving an extension of a 21-year-old land preservation program.

By extending the Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program on Tuesday, voters infused $200 million into the fund to purchase some 20,000 more acres duringthe next few decades.

Also Tuesday, voters agreed that if there were to be a county mayor, that mayor should have veto power over the seven-member county commission. A question to create the mayor's position was removed from the ballot after a court battle over an incorrect date on the petition residents were asked to sign.

A proposed Tampa charter amendment that would give the seven-member Tampa City Council the authority to hire and fire the council's attorney also passed.

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