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<p><br></p> Comment added by : Johnson, Amy L.<br><br>Comment Content: <br><div class="WordSection1">
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 estimated awards given the State Aid to Libraries budget suggestion from this evening ($17,304,072).</span></div>
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<div>From:<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Fla-pld <fla-pld-bounces@lists.fsu.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lisa O'Donnell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 8, 2020 3:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> fla@lists.fsu.edu; fla-pld@lists.fsu.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> fla-ffb@lists.fsu.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Fla-pld] State Aid at Risk of losing $4.5 million; please help!</span>
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<strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>FLA Members & Supporters,</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#101010'><br>
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</span></b><strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red'>URGENT REQUEST:
</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#101010'>Ask Florida Senate to match House budget for State Aid.</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#101010'><br>
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</span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#101010'>The House and Senate Budget Conference process is
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>underway this weekend</span></strong> and currently the Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development (TED) conferees are considering State Aid to Public Libraries funding. </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#101010'><br>
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As we reported last week,</span><strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red'> the Senate budget shows a $4.5 million decrease</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#101010'>
 to State Aid to Public Library grant funding as compared to current year funding. While the combined library funding in the Senate budget
<em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>does reach Maintenance of Effort level</span></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><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#101010'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/cqrcengage.com/alafl/app/write-a-letter?15&engagementId=506715__;!!PhOWcWs!l5zbyUPrfk0qDOZtjvNyDYCCLKNM9nFf6MbMybHEonMqT6K-e7XdYMcl5kGxk0iaW0DH%24" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#101010;font-weight:normal">MATCH
 THE HOUSE BUDGET OF $21.8 million for State Aid</span></a>.</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#101010'><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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</span><strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#101010'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.flsenate.gov/Committees/Show/ATD/__;!!PhOWcWs!l5zbyUPrfk0qDOZtjvNyDYCCLKNM9nFf6MbMybHEonMqT6K-e7XdYMcl5kGxk6ahnbVk%24" rel="noreferrer"><span style="font-weight:normal">Senate
 TED Conferees</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#101010'>: Senators Travis Hutson (Senate TED Conference Chair), Jeff Brandes, Tom Lee, Keith Perry, Wilton Simpson, Annette Taddeo,
 Perry Thurston and Victor Torres.</span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#101010'><br>
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</span><strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#101010'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/committeesdetail.aspx?CommitteeId=3009__;!!PhOWcWs!l5zbyUPrfk0qDOZtjvNyDYCCLKNM9nFf6MbMybHEonMqT6K-e7XdYMcl5kGxk0Fa3LtN%24" rel="noreferrer"><span style="font-weight:normal">House
 TED Conferees</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#101010'>: 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><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#101010'><br>
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It's easy and important. Simply click the link below to get started.<br>
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</span><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#101010'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/cqrcengage.com/alafl/app/write-a-letter?15&engagementId=506715__;!!PhOWcWs!l5zbyUPrfk0qDOZtjvNyDYCCLKNM9nFf6MbMybHEonMqT6K-e7XdYMcl5kGxk0iaW0DH%24" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:red;font-weight:normal">SEND
 A MESSAGE NOW TO YOUR STATE SENATOR & REPRESENTATIVE(S</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red'>)</span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#101010'> to
 ask them to match the House's budget for State Aid.<br>
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Thank you,<br>
FLA Advocacy Team </span>
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