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Comments on: Florida Hometown Democracy http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/11/florida-hometown-democracy/ The utopia at the end of history will be... awkward at best. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:50:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: David http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/11/florida-hometown-democracy/#comment-30003 David Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:02:53 +0000 http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/11/florida-hometown-democracy/#comment-30003 I was not able to add this as part of my post, but if anyone is interested in viewing the Florida Hometown Democracy webpage it can be found at http://www.floridahometowndemocracy.com/ I was not able to add this as part of my post, but if anyone is interested in viewing the Florida Hometown Democracy webpage it can be found at http://www.floridahometowndemocracy.com/

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By: Admiral http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/11/florida-hometown-democracy/#comment-29965 Admiral Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:24:31 +0000 http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/11/florida-hometown-democracy/#comment-29965 The people have spoken! They want representative government! :) The people have spoken! They want representative government! :)

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By: Michael R. Caputo http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/11/florida-hometown-democracy/#comment-29924 Michael R. Caputo Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:10:16 +0000 http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/11/florida-hometown-democracy/#comment-29924 Fight Hometown Democracy! www.FLSmarterGrowth.org Fight Hometown Democracy!

http://www.FLSmarterGrowth.org

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By: David http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/11/florida-hometown-democracy/#comment-29913 David Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:23:30 +0000 http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/11/florida-hometown-democracy/#comment-29913 Currently, signatures are being gathered so that the amendment can be put on the ballot sometime soon. It is not currently in the state constitution (unlike a prohibition on cruelty and inhumane confinement of pregnant pigs). Given the state's recent past, I worry that voters might be lured into voting for a deceivingly benign looking amendment and unknowingly put the state's growth in jeopardy. With regards to comprehensive plans: municipalities will continue to need comprehensive plans (notwithstanding current state law) so long as the government is the provider of roads, schools, parks, and other services and public facilities. On zoning: it may well be both the cause and the solution to the problem, but that is a post for a later date. Currently, signatures are being gathered so that the amendment can be put on the ballot sometime soon. It is not currently in the state constitution (unlike a prohibition on cruelty and inhumane confinement of pregnant pigs). Given the state’s recent past, I worry that voters might be lured into voting for a deceivingly benign looking amendment and unknowingly put the state’s growth in jeopardy. With regards to comprehensive plans: municipalities will continue to need comprehensive plans (notwithstanding current state law) so long as the government is the provider of roads, schools, parks, and other services and public facilities. On zoning: it may well be both the cause and the solution to the problem, but that is a post for a later date.

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By: Admiral http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/11/florida-hometown-democracy/#comment-29912 Admiral Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:07:18 +0000 http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/11/florida-hometown-democracy/#comment-29912 I don't know much about this and toward the middle you had me won, but as I read more, I don't know where I stand. I know that I don't like comprehensive plans and that I don't really want governments regulating that sort of stuff in general. But with so many changes being made ... I guess I will do what I do for most amendments: vote NO. (Unless it's a repeal, so in that case it's: YES!) I don’t know much about this and toward the middle you had me won, but as I read more, I don’t know where I stand. I know that I don’t like comprehensive plans and that I don’t really want governments regulating that sort of stuff in general. But with so many changes being made … I guess I will do what I do for most amendments: vote NO. (Unless it’s a repeal, so in that case it’s: YES!)

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