Goldstein: July Newsletter

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Goldstein

State Representative

House District 97

Serving

Southwest

Broward County

CONTACT

INFORMATION

CAPITOL

Suite 1003, The

Capitol

Tallahassee, FL 32399

Phone:

Email:

susan.goldstein@...

DISTRICT

13450

W. Sunrise

Blvd. Suite 150

Sunrise, FL 33323

Phone:

Legislative

Assistant:

Ellen

Navarro

District

Aide:

Hadjipetrou

Representative SUSAN GOLDSTEIN

Your VOICE in Tallahassee

Dear

Neighbor,

The sales tax holiday is here again.

I have included in this month’s newsletter all the information

necessary to make your shopping plans more desirable.

I will also be visiting many cities

throughout our district during their Commission Meetings to share in the

ceremonial check presentations for park related improvement projects in the

community. I encourage you to contact my legislative office regarding the

actual dates, as I would love to meet you.

I have received an overwhelming amount

of constituent correspondence regarding homeowners insurance. I urge you to

also communicate all of those frustrations to ratehearings@...;

this e-mail was set-up in lieu of

the poor response, as reported by the media, regarding the most recent rate

increase public hearings.

Always remember, if you are having

difficulty negotiating the red tape or bureaucracy of a state agency, please

feel free to contact my legislative office or send me an e-mail.

We stand ready to assist you.

Warmest regards,

Attention Shoppers!

As you are aware, SB692

– Sales Tax/School Supplies and Clothing – passed both the House

and Senate. This bill specifies a period during which sale of books, clothing,

and school supplies are exempt from tax on sales and other transactions.

Here are some details about this year’s

tax-free shopping days:

The

tax-free days will run from July 22nd, 2006 to July 30th,

2006

Tax-free items

include books, clothing, footwear, and accessories selling for $50 or

less. Also exempt are school supplies selling for less than $10

To be tax-free

books must be $50 or less each. Newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and

audio books are not considered books and are still taxable.

I encourage you to visit the web-site that has been

set up by the Department of Revenue, which gives you a detailed publication

of all the items that are tax-free.

http://www.myflorida.com/dor/tips/pdf/tip06a01-04.pdf

Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP)

projects the 2006 Legislature Funded in Your

District

This year proved quite successful for

District 97 and its local municipalities. With the help of local governmental

officials, in defining where state assistance was needed, we were able to

secure the proper funds for our community.

I have listed below numerous cities along

with their projects, and encourage you to get involved in the ceremonial

check presentations that will be held throughout the district. I would also

like to extend my appreciation to all of the local municipalities that

applied for this grant program, and I look forward to working with all of you

again in the upcoming legislative session.

City:

Bill Lips Park – Playground

$50,000.00

Ceremonial Check

Presentation TBA

Town of Davie:

Pine Island

Park Waterplay Area $200,000.00

Ceremonial Check

Presentation to be held on August 16th, 2006 at Davie City Hall

6:30 pm

City of Parkland:

Pine Trails Park Improvements

$200,000.00

Pine Trails Park Facilities

$200,000.00

Ceremonial Check

Presentation to be held on August 23rd, 2006 at Parkland City Hall

7:00 pm

City of Plantation:

Liberty Tree Park Expansion $95,950.00

SW 45th Avenue Park Project $163,500.00

Ceremonial Check

Presentation to be held on August 23rd, 2006 at Plantation City Hall

7:30 pm

City of Sunrise:

Sunrise Tennis Club Park $200,000.00

Ceremonial Check

Presentation to be held on July 25th, 2006 at Sunrise Civic Center

Theater 6:30 pm

City of Weston:

Weston Library Park $200,000.00

Ceremonial Check

Presentation to be held on August 21st, 2006 at Weston City Hall

7:00 pm

Special Projects Sponsored by Representative

K. Goldstein

Every year during the legislative session

special projects are sponsored in every district by their corresponding

Legislator, also known as Community Budget Issue Requests (CBIRs). Through

this process various municipalities and local non-profit organizations

identify their budgetary assistance requests and submit them through their

district’s legislative office. Our office received an overwhelming

amount of CBIRs this year, and luckily we walked away with quite a bit of

necessary program funding.

We hope to continue to receive these

requests in the future and look forward to working with all local

municipalities and non-profit organizations.

Dan Marino Foundation –

Swim Instructors Certification Program

for Developmentally Disabled Community $535,000.00

Ceremonial Check

Presentation week of August 21st, 2006 – Legislative Office

still working on the details

Dimensions Family Club –

Funding for Dimensions

Therapy Center

in Davie

$50,000.00

Ceremonial Check

Presentation will be held on Sunday July 30th, 2006 at Davie

Muvico

Hispanic Unity –

Renacers Seniors Program $100,000.00

Ceremonial Check

Presentation TBA

State Representative K. Goldstein pictured above at the

4th of July Parade at the Weston Town

Center