Florida Is For Sale - Amendment 4

by JDWolverton

The Florida voter initiatives make for entertaining reading most election cycles, but every once in a while an important one slips into the stream. Amendment 4 is one of them.

I first noticed a "Vote No on Amendment 4" banner attached to a land developer's building. Then I saw one on a Rinker site - a company that provides fill for new construction sites.

That spurred some research.

In short:

Amendment 4 requires the voters ok any changes to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan* at the community's expense.

* link is to a synopsis of the history of this legislation and here you'll find a lot of wonky land use definitions.

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You Were Born Wealthy, But No One Told You!

by RobertConnors

NOTE: The following is purely opinion, and is offered only for a bit of wry perspective on our world.

Imagine that you were born fabulously wealthy. As an infant you had no idea that there was a great treasure at your disposal, and relied upon others to provide for your every need. As you grew, you began to hear mentions of the wonderful inheritance that was yours, a thing of fabulous value, and wondered about what it could be. You only knew that one day it would be yours.

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