---In 2014, voters pass Amendment One, which put into the state Constitution a requirement that Florida set aside some $10 billion in tax money over the next 20 years, to be used for purchasing environmentally sensitive land, creating the largest state-based conservation initiative in U.S. history.
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It passed with overwhelming support – 75% of the votes cast were in favor of it.
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Yet Florida’s legislators ignored it – just as they have ignored such prior voter-driven referendums on class sizes and allowing ex-felons to vote — and continued shortchanging Florida Forever. HERE
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