Yes on Amendment 4: Dozer

Wealthy special interests who overbuilt in Florida and received federal bailouts are spending millions of dollars to crush your right to vote on bad development projects. "Dozer" illustrates the power they have to run over Florida's citizens, yet the voter in the smashed booth in the latest Yes on 4 ad emerges, dusts himself off and keeps moving to protect his right to vote despite the forces allied against him.

Pd. Pol. Adv. by the Florida Hometown Democracy Inc. PAC

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Amendment 4
• politics
• Florida
• development
• environment
• building
• federal bailout
• special interests
• campaign
• Yes on 4

[TimNRA757]

Is this commercial a reenactment of Rachel Corrie?

[vangion]

@phillyradio

There are shopping centers being built across the street from abandoned derelict strip malls, new restaurants being built next door to restaurants that have been shut down for years

There are houses being built in unspoiled portions of the county while there isa glut of homes less than five years old on the market

If the developers would simply utilize the existing buildings and resources there would be less problems

[vangion]

@phillyradio

I know what steat it is uin, I have been here for over 40 years and the urban sprawl is somethin g that we have been trying to stop for most of it

If you haven't seen a new house being built it is just because you haven't been paying attention

There are two cookie cutter developments going up within walking distance of my house, while my neighborhood has dozens of homes up for sale

We don't need them

[terpis]

@phillyradio

It's called a "housing bubble", Skippy...except in Florida it was much more insane because a "housing bubble" has been a boom-bust proxy for a real industrial base (outside of low pay service jobs) since, literally, the days when widely affordable home air conditioning became available. Asshole.

Find me the anti-4 pol (or any FL pol) who's plan is anything other than just waiting 'til the Growth Machine can be fired back up again, same as before...then maybe you've got a point.

[wdaly1]

@phillyradio

There are good reasons that almost all forms of government in the US are republics and not democracies. It would be complete chaos. The city of St. Pete Beach tried their own local version of Amendment 4 and it devastated their local economy. It's a great example of the law of unintended consequences. I don't want that for my entire state.

[wdaly1]

Elections would also be countywide. You would vote on every land use change in the County, like whether that city an hour away is allowed to widen a road, build a school, or add a fire station. Everyone in the County gets control of changes in your home town. That's hometown democracy. It could delay infrastructure projects a couple of years. Companies aren't going to wait an extra two years to start a project (or create jobs) they'll just go somewhere else that wants their business.

[wdaly1]

@terpis

Land Use Plans try to forecast 20 years into the future. If they didn't make accurate predictions of those very detailed and technical plans (some from from the 1980's), they have to make changes to their plans.

Cities can make 100's of changes to their Land Use Plans each year. Each would trigger another question on the ballot. Effects of A4 would be unreasonably long ballots with very technical questions (each limited to 75 words max) occuring several more times per year. 

[phillyradio]

@terpis

Harsh words, terpis. I don't see a need to curse at someone else with "love" in their name. Jeez. After reading "Love's" comments...I don't know where you get the whole "citizenry doesn't deserve democracy" thing. Besides...voters get the chance to elect representatives to make these types of decisions for them...why the change all of the sudden? I'll tell you this much...there are tons of people out here looking for jobs...and this Amendment seems like another big gov't barrier

[phillyradio]

"New sprawling development?" Where has this been? Do these people even know what state this is? I haven't seen a new home being built in 3 years! I know a lot of blue collar workers hoping the construction industry turns around...clearly, these people don't know about the hundreds of thousands of unemployed labor-types...

[terpis]

@LoveOneAnother1

Buddy, you clearly aren't familiar with the scaremongering liars and shills behind the extravagantly better-financed (but of course!) 'Smarter Growth' (sic), anti-4 crowd.

Always enjoy the commenters with the 'the shitty citizenry doesn't deserve democracy' spiel. What courageous patriotism.