Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Katie Speaks before Sewall's Point Commission on Florida Hometown Democracy

Last night, Katie McGiveron spoke before the City Council of Sewall’s Point, Florida on Florida Hometown Democracy Amendment 4. Sewall's Point is a peninsula on the eastern part of Martin County with approximately 2000 residents in the upper income bracket. The density there is 1,578.1 people per square mile.

Her approach was—no slick stuff—just talk on the issue--how this affects her as a lifetime resident of the State of Florida, a working mother with two children, a wife with everything to lose if we do not change how we treat growth in this State and how bad-development has affected our communities, our homes and our taxes. We must give the voters a seat at the table.

Her opponent, Toby Overdorf, past President of the Palm City Chamber of Commerce and currently president of Crossroads Environmental gave a professional Power Point Presentation. He is a former South Florida Water Management District research associate, in private practice since 1995. Mr. Overdorf is a member of this year’s Leadership Florida class and is a member of both the St. Lucie and Martin Counties Economic Development Councils. Mr. Overdorf has an M.S. in Biology and an Environmental M.B.A., both from Florida Atlantic University.

Impressive, right? He should be smart, right? You would think that Mr. Overdorf would be able to give the opposing side with even a small degree of honesty but we already know that millions of dollars has been poured into this campaign by the Chamber of Commerce to defeat any grassroots effort in this regard. He even brought up St. Pete Beach as an argument. They know better but the bottom line is they don’t want the people to have a voice at the table.

Vote Yes on November 2 for Amendment 4.

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