On August 17, Beth Johnston, President of our Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce spoke to the Commission. I was impressed with her presentation. She sounded just like a Chamber President should sound. She acted just like a president should act. She said all the right things. And she did not get political as she did on a prior occasion.
Why the Chamber is fighting Amendment 4 to this degree is a mystery to me. Why are they against the people’s right to decide what land use changes they want in their own back yard?
The Chamber’s backed PAC has recruited people all over the State from lawyers, to politicians, to developers, to big business to spout the same old line that Amendment 4 would cause chaos, confusion, and a significant economic deterioration all over
The Florida Chamber and its PAC has inflated the lie to the point of being destructive to democracy and intelligent people are following along like sheep.
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as a kid growing up in Lantana, the Camber was an organization that gave out scholarships,fund raising bar-B-Q's and HELPED the Community. They were not the beggars with their hands constantly out to the city for money that we saw under Tom Ramiccio. The Florida Chamber has given over 1 Million dollars(that we know of )to defeat Amendment 4 and keep the taxpayers of Florida silent.And we are supposed to support the Chamber ? I just ashamed of them. They are a corrupt organization.
I am not a chamber member. I am not a big business. "If" issues rise to the importance of needing a referendum, there should be one. Not EVERY land use change should be a referendum!
If you want to stop growth in Florida, vote FOR Amendment 4.
My job, and hundreds of thousands of other jobs across Florida depend on growth. Throw a stick in spokes and watch our economy sink further.
Over-development crashed Florida’s economy, leaving us with empty buildings and foreclosed subdivisions. Our local master plans have plenty of land set aside for development and builders could be building right now if it weren’t for the busted real estate bubble. In fact, there’s enough land set aside in Florida’s local comprehensive plans right now accommodate 100 million people – five times more than the 18 million people we have living here now.
So, if your job depends on growth, start digging. Amendment 4 is not holding you up.
Over-development crashed our economy? What crashed it in Oklahoma or Nebraska? The economy is in the hole all over. Loose lending practices contributed to the crash. Lots of things contributed to the crash. The practice of changing land use designations, which happens thousands of times a month, is not something that is done to just appease greedy developers.
St. Pete Beach adopted a "less restrictive" Amendment 4 type ordinance and have since repealed it for more moderate language.
Why don't we delve into why they changed their minds before we jump headlong into the abyss?
Instead of coming over here and spouting your BULL, why not familiarize yourself with the FACTS? If cities are changing land-uses in their Comp Plans at the rate you state, then this State will ALWAYS be in trouble. Comp Plans need to be adhered, not changed for the whims of some politicians and their developer buddies. And get the facts on St. Pete Beach. I have written about it often enough.
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