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To: Road Walker who wrote (505921)	8/18/2009 2:34:46 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578422

RW, > I guess if Murtha's the King, Sarah is the Queen. Governors have control over how much federal pork money they get? I should let Ah-nuld know ... Tenchusatsu

To: Road Walker who wrote (505921)	8/18/2009 4:10:32 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578422

This should make McMannis happy.....or maybe not. Fla. Population Drop Is First in 63 Years By RON WORD, AP JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 17) - Florida's population has declined for the first time in 63 years, state researchers said Monday as they blamed the recession for plunging tax revenues and a steep drop in new residents. The decline — 58,000 people over the past year — is the first since large numbers of military personnel left the state in 1946 after World War II. "There have been booms and busts over the time, but this is the first time it has declined," said Stan Smith, director of the University of Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business Research. Florida's unemployment rate was 10.6 percent in June, the highest level since 1975. The state has lost 392,800 jobs during the past year, continuing a decline that began in 2007, the Agency for Workforce Innovation said. The population estimates were produced using data from residential electric hookups, building permits and homestead exemptions, Smith said. The university is expected to release details of city and county populations Wednesday. Florida's population is about 18.3 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Part of the reason fewer people are moving to the state is their inability to sell their homes in other states, Smith said. The leading source for domestic migrants to Florida continues to be New York, but the pace of migration is slowing, Smith said. The study did not measure the number of people leaving Florida. "Historically, they have gone to other Sunbelt states," he said. The population drop has left empty seats in classrooms. The state's estimated public school enrollment for 2009-10 is down 28,541 from the previous school year, according to the Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research. The future is not all gloom and doom, Smith said. Demographers expect Florida to resume growth again, just not as fast as in the past. "As the country moves out of the recession, we expect growth to increase," Smith said. "But not as high as levels we've seen over the last three or four decades."