Posted on 03/18/2002 4:15:25 PM PST by Willie Green
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:08 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Cutting crews can resume chopping down healthy citrus trees within 1,900 feet of those infected with canker under a bill signed into law Monday by Gov. Jeb Bush.
Despite protests from homeowners, the bill moved quickly through the House and Senate and crews expected to remove another 200,000 trees this year.
"We've got to look at the overall economic impact on our state and move forward," said Bush spokeswoman Elizabeth Hirst.
Agriculture brings in $9 billion a year in central Florida and employs more than 100,000 people.
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