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Hometown Democracy, the state constitutional amendment going to voters in November, is known in some circles merely as “HD” and also increasingly as Amendment 4 because that's the number assigned to it on the ballot.
But now Hillsborough County Commissioner Mark Sharpe has come up with another description for the proposal that, if passed, would require citizens to vote on every comprehensive plan amendment, even the most mundane technical amendments that few if any people ever bother to show up to comment on at local government public hearings.
Opponents of Amendment 4 believe the amendment would bring economic devastation to the state because companies will refuse to bring their businesses here if a plan amendment is required before setting up shop.
At a recent quarterly meeting of county officials, city of Tampa council members and staff, and representatives from the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Sharpe referred to the potential passage of the amendment as “mutually assured destruction.”
The “MAD” amendment is certainly more descriptive, and also has a nice to ring to it
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