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When the subject of Amendment 4, the so-called “Hometown Democracy” amendment to the state constitution, came up for discussion during the Oct. 23 South County Tiger Bay Club meeting in Venice, two of the state legislators in attendance gladly weighed in.
Amendment 4 would require every amendment to local comprehensive plans, including technical changes, to be approved by voters. It's on the November 2010 ballot.
Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, known for always being at the ready with a good one-liner, wasn't shy about taking the microphone first, saying, “It's just unworkable. I'm personally against it.”
The former state representative and Sarasota school board member, with apologies to the more easily offended audience members, quoted recently deceased Senate colleague Jim King's view of it: “I do not support the Californication of Florida.”
State Rep. Ken Roberson, R-Port Charlotte, chimed in a bit more diplomatically, saying, “It's not a good amendment. It's going to slow things to a halt when we're trying to get things going again.”
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