The Florida Budget

Okay, it's mostly over. All except the subsequent reality.

The fiscal year 2010 budget is pretty much a done deal.

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

$65 billion in state spending

A $28 per student increase in public school funding

An 8 percent increase in university and community college tuition

A 2 percent pay cut for state workers making more than $45,000 a year

$1-a-pack cigarette tax increase

$830 million in fee increases

$5 billion in federal stimulus money

A $120 million shift of state road-building funds to other programs

This will be an interesting year.

Glad I'm not a smoker.