Hometown Democracy vs. the Anti-Amendment

Amendment 4 will loom over all other statewide issues until voters cast their ballots in November.

Mike Vogel | 3/1/2010

Economic Atmosphere, Then and Now
When Amendment 4 was filed in 2003, economic conditions were quite different.
	2003	Now
Unemployment	5.1%	11.8%
Population	17 million	18.3 million
Value of Construction Starts
Starts in Florida	$49.7 billion	$26.5 billion
Source: McGraw-Hill Construction

Other Amendments

Five other amendment proposals will be on the November ballot:

One is a tax credit for deployed military.
One does away with public campaign financing for statewide office seekers.
One limits how fast assessed values on non-homestead property can increase and gives a homestead break to first-time home buyers.
Two try to end political party- or incumbent-driven gerrymandering in drawing legislative and congressional districts (see the article "Party Lines").

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