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Amendment 4:Amendment 4:Economic Impact
Roadway improvements and expansions …
Hospitals, schools, parks lands, fire and police stations
Roadway improvements and expansions …
Traffic signalizations and the purchase of
stations …
g pmunicipal vehicles…
Additions to government buildings and expansionAdditions to government buildings and expansion of public recreational facilities
2005: Orange City 501 amendments501 amendments
2006: Carrabelle 617 amendments
2004: Alachua City 635 amendments635 amendments
How often 2003: Frostproof 310 amendments
will we vote?
“Once a beacon of prosperity, St. Pete Beach now has adi t bl d h ti i t treputation for unpredictable and chaotic investment
conditions. The economic situation worsened and,h b H D h i ilhamstrung by Hometown Democracy, the city council
was powerless to do anything about it.”
‐Ward FriszolowskiFormer St. Pete Beach Mayory
“Elections were chaotic, uncertain, expensive and i f t U bl t d t it h i l thinfrequent. Unable to update its comprehensive plan, the
town soon fell out of compliance with state mandates. Many
local businesses, too, became victims of the local businesses, too, became victims of theimpossible process.”
‐Ward FriszolowskiFormer St. Pete Beach Mayor
“Since the measure was passed, the residents of St. Pete
dl l i li lBeach have endured endless lawsuits and seen little progress. Even die‐hard disciples of the Hometown D li iDemocracy religion have since converted back to
commonsense.”
‐Ward FriszolowskiFormer St. Pete Beach Mayory
An end to functioning, coordinated public planning…
Endless delays on projects of every size …
Costly litigation at taxpayer expense…
A general climate of failure for business…
Major deterrence to job‐protection and job‐creation…
“…permanently impact the economic growth potential for Florida causing a steady declinepotential for Florida, causing a steady decline in the standard of living of all Florida residents ”residents.”
‐ Tony VillamilyWashington Economics Group
“… force local and state governments to either raise taxes or cut services Public schoolsraise taxes or cut services. Public schools, public safety and local health care services would suffer from both the direct impact ofwould suffer from both the direct impact of Amendment 4.”
‐ Tony VillamilWashington Economics Group
“…Amendment 4’s passage will have potentially devastating consequences topotentially devastating consequences to Florida’s economy at a time when the economic situation at both the state andeconomic situation at both the state and national levels is uncertain…”
‐ Tony VillamilWashington Economics Group
Lead to a loss of $34.676 billion in Florida’s economic output each yeareconomic output each year
Result in Florida losing over 267,246 jobsResult in Florida losing over 267,246 jobs
Cost Floridians over $11.8 billion in labor incomeCost Floridians over $11.8 billion in labor income each year
Reduce fiscal revenues by over $4 billion per year
“Floridians would make a big mistake supporting this misguided pp g geffort.”
“The cost to local governments The cost to local governments of including the land‐use amendments on ballots would soar into the millions.”soar into the millions.
“We will not support Amendment 4 … It could make a bigger mess of community could make a bigger mess of community planning … with too many of Florida's natural assets and the livability of Florida communities at stake.”Florida communities at stake.
“… this amendment is an extreme overreaction … Amendment 4 will serve to throttle an economic recovery and compound unemployment.”
“A three‐year experiment in St. Pete Beach shows land planning via referendum is a messy, unpredictable business that leads to higher government costs due to litigation and a stalemate when it comes to development.”
“The problems with this proposal are many.”
“Hometown Democracy is l did f a splendid name for a bad idea.”
“The problem with the Hometown Democracy amendment is that it i i li i h h d dis a simplistic, ham‐handed overreaction. This "solution" will create more problems than it solves ” it solves.”
“It's perfectly legitimate to vote "no" to something that on the surface no to something that on the surface once sounded OK. We'd recommend that on Hometown Democracy…”
Ballots statewide would be full of jargon‐laden, irrelevant junk. B St P t B h ff d … Because St. Pete Beach suffered for three years, Florida can avoid having to suffer for much longer
“Voters could easily end up unknowingly voting against their
longer.
own best interests. That's no way to run a little city, and it's certainly no way to run a state.”
“…an especially bad risk to take at a time when Florida is at a time when Florida is struggling to emerge from a deep recession.”
1000 Friends of Florida: Amendment 4 “could limit efforts … to lessen sprawling patterns of development.”
Florida Chamber of Commerce: Amendment 4 is a “Jobs killer ”Jobs killer…
Florida State Council of Machinists and Aerospace pWorkers: Amendment 4 is a “grave threat to Florida’s jobs and economy…”
34 counties organized
6 Regional Partnerships established
Over 1200 dedicated volunteers
Online presences with major social networking sites ‐ Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and several blogs
Where do we have
local leadership?
No on 4 Committee in place:
No on 4 Committee in process:
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JOIN: Get involved in your local campaign organization:organization:
◦ In Southeast Florida: Aimee Craig Carlson g([email protected])
O id f S h Fl id J i S◦ Outside of Southeast Florida: Jessica Sams ([email protected])
PERSUADE: Educate candidates on Amendment 4
PUBLISH: Write a Letter to the Editor
ONLINE: Promote campaign communications on your social networking accountsy g
ALERT: Inform your friends, employees, local press, and community leaders about important campaign communications
CONTRIBUTE: Make a financial contribution
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Special Interest Lawyers
Sierra Club
Adult Entertainment Interests
Population Control Advocates
Campaign Messaging: Top Arguments
“During these difficult economic times, the last thing we need to dotimes, the last thing we need to do is pass an amendment like this that
ill i t t h t thwill raise property taxes, hurt the economy, and make it more expensive to live in Florida.”
“Passing Amendment 4 will costPassing Amendment 4 will cost Florida tens of thousands of jobs and hurt Florida’s economy.”
“This amendment would require tax qincreases in order to pay for more frequent elections on all of thefrequent elections on all of the
amendments. In fact, some experts say local property taxes would hit
record levels to pay forrecord levels to pay for implementing this amendment.”
“This amendment is so extreme and l itt th t it d ’tpoorly written that it doesn’t even provide exceptions for vital
community needs such as hospitals, police stations and schools ”police stations and schools.
“The small Florida town of St. Pete Beach has l d d l l i f hialready passed a local version of this
proposal and the result has been a disaster i l d l i d icausing nearly a dozen lawsuits and costing
local taxpayers there over half‐a‐million d ll i l l f Th h i S Pdollars in legal fees. The chaos in St. Pete Beach proves that this amendment will cost
illi i htaxpayers millions, gives too much power to special interests, and hurts the local
”economy.”