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Originally Posted by ladykathleen

We are paying and will pay oh so much in the future.* I hope everyone has lots of money.* Our "vacation" will soon become very expensive.* What has been written in the article is not opinion but how the government has worked.* Florida Home Town Democracy is a step to have a say in our future.

First, Hometown Democracy will result in bypassing our local elected officials and subjecting the voters to the paid propaganda of the biggest spending lobbyists. It will either stifle adaptation to changing land values and obsolete land uses or will cause the state legislature to repeal the planning act altogether.* It would be a boondoggle.* See what state professional planners say... http://www.floridaplanning.org/homet...wdemocracy.swf

The article itself sounds like a college paper by some form of Gore-inspired academic who likes to use lots of big words and find fault with things that are obviously working well.*

And as for higher costs in the future, CDD's are not new.* Several around the state have existed for longer than 30 years and function very professionally and efficiently.* I have NO reason to expect anything different from our CDDs.