Panel may do what Legislature couldn't

TALLAHASSEE -- The failure of the Florida Legislature to give voters a chance to vote on a comprehensive rewrite of the property tax system doesn't necessarily mean Floridians won't get an opportunity next year.

As early as Thursday, an effort to put a broad tax-cutting proposal on the November 2008 ballot is going to be discussed by the one entity outside the Legislature with the clout to do it: the state Taxation and Budget Reform Commission.