Showing posts with label Vote Yes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vote Yes. Show all posts
Saturday, October 6, 2018
Thursday, May 15, 2014
YES on one
Ballot summary
The official ballot summary reads as follows:| Funds the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to acquire, restore, improve, and manage conservation lands including wetlands and forests; fish and wildlife habitat; lands protecting water resources and drinking water sources, including the Everglades, and the water quality of rivers, lakes, and streams; beaches and shores; outdoor recreational lands; working farms and ranches; and historic or geologic sites, by dedicating 33 percent of net revenues from the existing excise tax on documents for 20 years. |
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Apathetic Voters - Lake Worth
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Voters are apathetic, no doubt about it. Unless it involves a national election, turn-out is always very low. In Palm Beach County, only 1 in 9 voters showed up at the polls with a 10.86 percent bothering to get off that couch. We did a little better in Lake Worth with 14%.
Broward County consists of 31 cities and almost half have gone to November elections over the past ten years. The thought was it would help with turnout and it has. It wasn't that long ago during the Jeff Clemens regime that Lake Worth voted in November elections and those officials were in office an additional 9 months. Last Tuesday, Lake Worth voted to return to March elections.
Since the election, we have heard a lot of complaints from certain people who lost on Amendment 2 on the fact that so few decided this election. They say that only a small fraction of voters decide the issues even though it was they who pushed for and endorsed going back to March elections. The vote was 1,333 of the 2,264 to move the election to March.
Voters are apathetic, no doubt about it. Unless it involves a national election, turn-out is always very low. In Palm Beach County, only 1 in 9 voters showed up at the polls with a 10.86 percent bothering to get off that couch. We did a little better in Lake Worth with 14%.
Broward County consists of 31 cities and almost half have gone to November elections over the past ten years. The thought was it would help with turnout and it has. It wasn't that long ago during the Jeff Clemens regime that Lake Worth voted in November elections and those officials were in office an additional 9 months. Last Tuesday, Lake Worth voted to return to March elections.
Since the election, we have heard a lot of complaints from certain people who lost on Amendment 2 on the fact that so few decided this election. They say that only a small fraction of voters decide the issues even though it was they who pushed for and endorsed going back to March elections. The vote was 1,333 of the 2,264 to move the election to March.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Stand up for our small town
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Yesterday, while walking in our downtown with my Respectful Planning t-shirt, I was inspired by those who stopped or stared and read the message. They all were in agreement--keep our great downtown small. It was an easy "sell."
Where do you see yourself fitting into the fight to keep your downtown a low-rise city? Are you spreading the word to all your neighbors? Are you walking and talking about the issue that has become a blood bath in Lake Worth...a bloodbath of lies from developers and their friends who love The Lucerne and who all want a final hold on what we have--a friendly, small downtown with charm galore and the reason why people visit in the first place.
We have no place here for developer types whose only motivation is building up our prime real estate in the downtown for their greed...making money off our little and very vibrant downtown, their only motivation for their subterfuge--illegal banners not withstanding. They can make plenty of money from building 4 story buildings but some people never make enough of it; they want more of it and they want to do it off the backs of you and me and our great little city. We have the entire Dixie Highway corridor for them. They can go at it.
Are you going to tune out or stand up for what you believe?
Please get out and vote YES on Amendment 2 on March 12
Yesterday, while walking in our downtown with my Respectful Planning t-shirt, I was inspired by those who stopped or stared and read the message. They all were in agreement--keep our great downtown small. It was an easy "sell."
Where do you see yourself fitting into the fight to keep your downtown a low-rise city? Are you spreading the word to all your neighbors? Are you walking and talking about the issue that has become a blood bath in Lake Worth...a bloodbath of lies from developers and their friends who love The Lucerne and who all want a final hold on what we have--a friendly, small downtown with charm galore and the reason why people visit in the first place.
We have no place here for developer types whose only motivation is building up our prime real estate in the downtown for their greed...making money off our little and very vibrant downtown, their only motivation for their subterfuge--illegal banners not withstanding. They can make plenty of money from building 4 story buildings but some people never make enough of it; they want more of it and they want to do it off the backs of you and me and our great little city. We have the entire Dixie Highway corridor for them. They can go at it.
Are you going to tune out or stand up for what you believe?
Please get out and vote YES on Amendment 2 on March 12
Sunday, February 24, 2013
It's good for the goose
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then it's good for the gander!
When you think about it, this does make sense;
the other does not.
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