THURSDAY'S CUP: Friends welcome enemies on Amend. 4

If nothing else, state constitutional Amendment 4 on the Nov. 2 ballot continues to prove divisive and controversial even among those that otherwise tend to be like-minded.

The amendment, which would require citizens to vote on any and all amendments to city and county comprehensive plans — though they may be packaged as a group of amendments if that's how elected officials vote on them — is polling at right about the 60% threshold to pass.

And that may help explain why it's generating differences of opinion among the board members of 1000 Friends of Florida. The Tallahassee-based group weighs in on growth management and environmental issues, and previously had officially been opposed to Amendment 4 for what it says are a “a host of reasons.”