If you vote 'Yes' you will turn purple and get fat!

The following is Howard Troxler's column from Sunday, 10/3/2010 St. Pete Times:


If this crazy constitutional amendment passes, it will destroy Florida.

Florida will go out of business. We will lose our jobs.

Other states will beat us.

Yep, those were the dire warnings that we heard from Florida’s business leaders … Back in 2004, when they tried to scare voters into rejecting a $1 increase in Flor ida’s minimum wage.

This year, we’re hearing the same kind of thing about Amendment 4 on the November ballot, the “Hometown Democracy” idea.

Amendment 4 simply says that local voters in Florida should have the final say over some growth decisions.

But to hear Florida’s busi ness community tell it, such an idea would be the end of the world. The state might well sink into the ocean.

Phooey. Nuts. Hockey pucks. 

An Interesting Take on Hometown Democracy

The following is from St. Petersburg Times columnist, Howard Troxler.

A bunch of Greek guys started a political debate 2,500 years ago that we're still fighting about.

Can people govern themselves wisely by a direct vote?

Or should they put their trust in leaders to make wise decisions?

Here in Florida, we're smack in the middle of that age-old fight. This November we'll vote on the idea called "Hometown Democracy."