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<body><div><div id="xfc3b5d7e5c67417cbfd1cb0a5c388fd9"><div leftmargin="0" marginwidth="0" topmargin="0" marginheight="0" offset="0" style="height: 100%;margin: 0;padding: 0;width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-color: #;"><center><div style="text-align: left;"><i><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt;">Excuse cross-posting!</font></i></div><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="bodyTable"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" id="bodyCell"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="templateBody"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" class="templateContainer"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="bodyContainer" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px;"><strong><font color="#000000">FLA Members & Supporters,</font><br /><br /><font color="#ff0000">URGENT REQUEST: </font>Ask Florida Senate to match House budget for State Aid.</strong><br />
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">The House and Senate Budget Conference process is <strong>underway this weekend</strong> and currently the Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development (TED) conferees are considering State Aid to Public Libraries funding. </span><br />
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As we reported last week,<strong><span style="color:#FF0000"> the Senate budget shows a $4.5 million decrease</span></strong> to State Aid to Public Library grant funding as compared to current year funding. While the combined library funding in the Senate budget <em>does reach Maintenance of Effort level</em> to draw Federal LSTA funding, the $4.5 million loss is a major hit to the grant program.<br />
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Please Take Action now! Use the pre-written message to contact your Senator and Representative(s) and encourage Senators to, at the very least, <span style="font-size:18px"><strong><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://cqrcengage.com/alafl/app/write-a-letter?15&engagementId=506715__;!!PhOWcWs!gK78hE6bU9qkB6hIy9dLdZsxqnbxs5ZHbq9TNGifzqKd5jxANWIIswGRmCmMe0UKX94adw$">MATCH THE HOUSE BUDGET OF $21.8 million for State Aid</a>.</strong></span><br />
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If you are a constituent of the following, please consider calling their Capitol offices <b>now; you can leave the message with staff</b>:<br />
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<font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/Show/ATD/__;!!PhOWcWs!gK78hE6bU9qkB6hIy9dLdZsxqnbxs5ZHbq9TNGifzqKd5jxANWIIswGRmCmMe0VscQxQGQ$"><span style="color:#0000FF">Senate TED Conferees</span></a></strong>: Senators Travis Hutson (Senate TED Conference Chair), Jeff Brandes, Tom Lee, Keith Perry, Wilton Simpson, Annette Taddeo, Perry Thurston and Victor Torres.</span></font><br />
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/committeesdetail.aspx?CommitteeId=3009__;!!PhOWcWs!gK78hE6bU9qkB6hIy9dLdZsxqnbxs5ZHbq9TNGifzqKd5jxANWIIswGRmCmMe0VfUDEKGQ$"><span style="color:#0000FF">House TED Conferees</span></a></strong>: Jay Trumbull (House TED Conference Chair), Brad Drake, Dan Daley, Bobby D. DuBose, Elizabeth Anne Fetterhoff, Joseph Geller, Blaise Ingoglia, Thomas J. Leek, Rene Plasencia, Anthony Rodriquez, David Smith, and Barbara Watson</span><br />
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It's easy and important. Simply click the link below to get started.<br />
<br /><strong><span style="font-size:18px"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://cqrcengage.com/alafl/app/write-a-letter?15&engagementId=506715" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://cqrcengage.com/alafl/app/write-a-letter?15&engagementId=506715__;!!PhOWcWs!gK78hE6bU9qkB6hIy9dLdZsxqnbxs5ZHbq9TNGifzqKd5jxANWIIswGRmCmMe0UKX94adw$"><span style="color:#FF0000">SEND A MESSAGE NOW TO YOUR STATE SENATOR & REPRESENTATIVE(S</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color:#FF0000">)</span></span> to ask them to match the House's budget for State Aid.<br />
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Thank you,<br />
FLA Advocacy Team
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