There will be lots of people at the polls Tuesday collecting signatures for the Florida Hometown Democracy Amendment. As nice as "Hometown Democracy" sounds, the result would be disastrous for the state of Florida. It would turn us into a direct democracy where voters have to approve every comprehensive plan in cities, counties and the state - and every change in such a plan would have to be approved by voters. Just to let you know what kinds of numbers we are talking about, in 2003 alone, there were over 12,000 plan amendments - which under Hometown Democracy would need to be put on a ballot. Wouldn't you like to have a 100 page ballot every election day? Wouldn't you love for zoning changes to have to wait for the next election to be decided by the voters?
Hometown Democracy is a very nice name for a very pernicious amendment. Don't sign their petitions and tell your friends not to!
---Katie
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