A 2004 bond referendum dedicated $30 million toward efforts to preserve rural land -- yet it's possible none will be used. What happened?
"Voters approved Miami-Dade's largest bond referendum ever ($2.9 billion) in November 2004. Intended to improve major public works, it included $30 million for a program paying owners of agricultural land for their right to rezone, meaning the land will stay rural in perpetuity. The program's purpose is to keep the county's shrinking agricultural community -- based mainly in South Miami-Dade -- intact. The following represents the evolution of that program's budget."
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