Do you know what Home Town Democracy is ? It’s about Voters, yep you and me, having our say on what and how we want to Develop Florida. There is an initiative on the ballot concerning anti-growth that many of us signed. The Florida Hometown Democracy’s citizen initiative would amend Florida’s Constitution to allow Floridians to give themselves a vote on growth plans.

It is a simple change to an existing process, and would simply add a final step after planners and local politicians decide to change local comprehensive plans.

The SPtimes has a Pros and Cons article from July that has some merit. Most recently what got my ire was the letter we received in the mail after having signed the petition a few weeks back. It appears that the Developers have pulled out all the Stops and solicited their Politachicken friends to back them on instilling fear and indecision on our own decisions . Today’s commentary in the SPtimes by Steve Bousquet pretty much sums up to what level the Developers will stoop to try to change our minds and kill this initiative. Of course the letter pretty much nailed it for me, as if I don’t get enough junk mail already !