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Hillsborough, Tampa Lean Toward OKs On Amendments

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By YVETTE C. HAMMETT | The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 5, 2008

Updated: 11/05/2008 01:44 am

TAMPA - Hillsborough County appeared to be heading toward embracing 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 during the next few decades.

Also Tuesday, voters leaned toward saying 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 battle over an incorrect date on the petition residents were asked to sign.

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

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