Cairo, who is also a county Republican committee first vice chairman, said he has spoken to Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos of Nassau County about the proposal, which has quietly been discussed for months in Albany.

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There, officials worry about future property tax revenues and every vital service from law enforcement to food stamps is threatened, says assistant county administrator Dean Arabatzis.

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"Much of the area in the last decade has been paved over, with new construction, making a search today very difficult, " said Detective Bob Dean of the Alachua County Sheriff's Office.

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