Saturday, February 14, 2009

Chamber of Commerce at it again

The Chamber’s plan to block Florida Hometown Democracy discriminates against military, local elections offices

By Kelly Cornelius

Here we go again. Is there no end to the dirty tricks the growth machine in Florida is willing to go to in order to stop Florida Hometown Democracy? Nope. Hometown Democracy is a citizen petition amendment that should have been on the ballot in 2008 but due to nasty gutter politics from Palm Beach to Tallahassee it was never added. If passed the amendment would allow voters instead of politicians to vote on any land use changes outside of what our Comprehensive Plan currently provides for.

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