Orlando commercial real estate interests talking to oppose 2010 ballot measure
Related News
- 02/01/10 — Representative pushes constitutional amendment to limit Kansas tax, spending increases
- 01/26/10 — Oregon voters pass tax increasing measures by big margin
- 01/20/10 — Legislator targets public employees for pay cuts in constitutional amendment
- 01/18/10 — Earnings tax in St. Louis, Kansas City could be challenged in statewide ballot initiative
- 12/07/09 — N.J. voters to decide ballot question restricting tax dollars
- More Fiscal/Budget Issues news
Orlando Sentinel: Constitutional referendums slated for Florida voters to consider next year will either kill development or ease developers' tax burdens, legislators told a group of Orlando-area commercial real estate professionals Thursday. Three Central Florida lawmakers advised the group to organize opposition to a ballot initiative that would require voter approval for changes to local governments' comprehensive plans, giving voters power over land-use changes needed for development. Backed by Florida Hometown Democracy Inc., the measure has exceeded the 676,811 voter signatures needed to place it on the ballot in November 2010. The ballot language sounds ambiguous, state Rep. Chris Dorworth, R- Heathrow, told a luncheon audience of the NAIOP, an association of commercial real estate development professionals. Alan C. Sheppard Jr., chairman of the group's public affairs committee, said the recession and credit crisis have made it harder to raise funds for political issues, but he said the group needs to band together and contribute financially to defeat the proposal. "We will need a lot of money if we want to keep developing and continue bringing business to Florida," he said. Sheppard predicted that the measure could halt development altogether. State Rep. Stephen L. Precourt, R- Winter Garden, said decision time for voters is still a long way off, but "there's a lot of things we could do in the meantime to ding this thing." One way opponents are trying to undo the ballot initiative is to get legislative approval for allowing people who sign such referendums to later revoke their support. That follows a recent court decision upholding the Hometown Democracy signature process.
To read more, click here.
Comments
There are no comments for this entry.
