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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Hometown Democracy Debate Heats Up (via JaxPoliticsOnline.com) � Tangerine, Florida

The Hometown Democracy Debate Heats Up (via JaxPoliticsOnline.com) � Tangerine, Florida

The Hometown Democracy Debate Heats Up (via JaxPoliticsOnline.com)

I ran into this and decided to share. I see the anti-amendment 4 folks are out sharing so I decided to share some articles too.

Amendment 4, also known as Hometown Democracy, will be the ballot initiative to watch in 2010. The highly-controversial amendment cleared another hurdle yesterday when the Florida Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion to Attorney General Bill McCollum stating that a revised financial impact statement now complied with state law. "Local governments will incur additional costs due to the requirement to conduct referenda," the court opined. T … Read More