For more information contact us at info@thestrawhat.org, 2018 GENERAL ELECTIONS GUIDE – Alachua County, Podcast: National Women’s Liberation – Gainesville Chapter, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some of the specifics on how this works and how it can be more equitable will be revisited when the new School Board is seated. Forgot your password? The area would not constrain Alachua County municipalities, Sexton said. This is the baby of Sen Brandes. That would keep this election away from the packed courts and remove as much doubt as possible. To my knowledge, no Judge in Florida has ever not retained their office. Vote yes. According to the press release, Newberry is challenging the county’s proposed Charter Amendment which state it would establish a County Growth Management Area. The Alachua County Growth Management Department implements the community’s vision of quality of life and a sustainable community that promotes economic opportunity, protection of natural resources, and social equity in the interest of the health, safety and welfare of the public. Socialist agenda lives here. She’s a badass and deserves your support. #VoteAlachua. Establish a Growth Management Zone. What’s being proposed isn’t an open primary, this is a jungle primary. ALACHUA – The City of Alachua filed suit in circuit court against Alachua County Monday over a proposed charter amendment that, if approved, would dramatically change how growth is managed countywide. We could use some money for postage for our Eviction Resistance Task Force. If this amendment is approved, the County will not only govern those lands, but also lands within the various municipalities, thus undermining Home Rule. Recover your password. 0. This is the cheaper and more environmentally damaging way of developing as opposed to following the Alachua County Comp plan which encourages more sustainable development in urban clusters. Leave a comment and I’ll respond for clarification. The County Growth Management Area was designed as a compromise, providing areas outside existing city borders where cities could still exercise land use control after annexation. He said it would likely take cities decades to expand to the point where the county protects the area. Vote no against the anti-immigrant crusaders. One of the few ways we can avoid something really scary is if Biden wins in a blowout. your password. Search. Because the districts are gerrymandered the politicians don’t represent the will of the people, so the people have to pass progressive initiatives themselves. County Growth Management Area: If approved by voters, this amendment would establish a County Growth Management Area. County Charter Amendment Establishing County Growth Management Area. The Trust cannot legally be funded in the charter but this would establish it. To be honest, I’m still on the fence. Vote no on this attack on direct democracy. I understanding voting no for this as it’s about a regressive tax break, but making it more accessible should make it less terrible. They’re not in effect because they’ve been ruled unconstitutional but they’re still there. This does nothing. Just freaking vote. This is Growth Management website. A hearing date on the case has not yet been set. The amendment also allows the County Commission to remove property from the County Growth Management Area by a supermajority vote. Chair Robert Hutchinson, Alachua County Commission Adoption of the Agenda Items For Discussion 1. Change ). This is the only prosed City charter change that actually does something. An issue with growth has been when large property owners annex themselves into rural municipalities in order to get more favorable zoning changes and lax environmental standards. This is quick and sloppy but it gets the point across. County Charter Amendment Establishing County Growth Management Area. do the opposite. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Simply put, if there is a conflict between a city and the county over an environmental ordinance, the stricter one would apply. your email. Vote yes unless you hate low wage workers. This is being proposed to stop progressive initiatives like Felon Rights Restoration, the $15 minimum wage, medical marijuana, and others. © 2020 www.gainesville.com. Alachua County, FL – In 1986 the voters of Alachua County adopted the Alachua County Charter. As far as I can tell these are the most reasonable conservatives on the bench and would be the only ones DeSantis could replace with worse people. TDD users, please call 711 Florida Relay Service. This is a major charter amendment that will help us preserve wild spaces and encourage infill growth. There’s some really queerphobic stuff in the County Charter that should be taken out. This prevented us from expanding the park (ADA compliance requirements for federal/state grants) and directly led to the over development of the area around the corner of University Avenue and W 34th Street. I know. And if one of them does lose their seat Governor Ron DeSantis gets to appoint someone who will most likely be younger and more conservative. A map of what the County is calling the Growth Management Area shows that a very large portion of Alachua County is within that area. He’s not my first (or second) choice but just vote for Biden. On land within the Area, the County’s comprehensive plan and land development regulations would exclusively govern land development, even if a parcel of land is later annexed into the boundaries of a city. That’d be nice, but until then vote for Adam Christensen. This amendment would prevent municipalities from trying to pass lax environmental regulations to circumvent more comprehensive programs. Kim A. Barton, Supervisor of Elections, Alachua County Josiah T. Walls Building • 515 North Main Street, Suite 300 • Gainesville, FL 32601 Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday Phone: 352-374-5252 • Fax: 352-374-5264 • TDD: 352-491-4432 Toll-Free Spanish Hotline: 833-875-0365 Email: kbarton@alachuacounty.us We’re voting on a lot of cosmetic changes to the City and County charters, what’s one more. A map of the proposed County Growth Management Area is available on the CRC … Why the hell not? One requirement of being a Charter County is that a Charter Review Commission (CRC) is convened once every ten years to review the County Charter and propose amendments that will be placed on the ballot for voter’s consideration. This would make it harder to sell off parts of GRU. Voters approved six Alachua County amendments and four for the city of Gainesville, including, by a very narrow margin, a controversial growth management area that will give the county commission power to limit development in areas outside current municipal boundaries. The proposed amendment also does not inform voters that it will change the current land annexation system already in place, the complaint said. I know. ( Log Out / Vote yes. Vote yes to undo this mess. All rights reserved. Yes, this is short but like before, you wouldn’t be reading this blog if you weren’t already voting for Prizzia. Vote yes. Vote for Mary Alford. your username. The Alachua County charter amendment that would create a county growth management area has caused quite a bit of controversy and even led to … Like Amendment 5, it would be almost impossible to publicly stand against this. GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Controversy continues after a close call on Alachua County ballots surrounding the Alachua County Growth Management Area Amendment. We do a lot of new things that we didn’t do way back yonder, like GRUcom (city fiber), and we need to update our charter to make sure that the utility owned by the people stays with the people. If you live in HD 21, which is Western Alachua, Gilchrist, and Dixie, you should get all your neighbors, friends, and whoever else you can drag to the polls to vote for Enneking. Summary: This amendment would allow the County to establish a “Growth Management Area” in which the County would permanently govern land use, regardless of whether the land is inside or outside of municipal boundaries. This is an extra tax ($1 per $1,000 taxable value of a home) that pays for ~320 nurses, councilors, etc. Do you have a PayPal account? The county, supervisor of elections office and attorney for the city of Alachua all declined to comment on the pending legal case. I’m not sure what enforcement mechanism there is for it, but I think it’s a good proposal. Oh, and 49 people had evictions filed against them last week in Alachua County (hit up the Alachua County Tenants Association at acta@laborcoaltion.org to get involved in the fightback), UF is deciding to furlough workers instead of spending down their $2 billion endowments (get involved here), and COVID-19 is ripping through our communities. https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/alachua-county-labor-coalition-donations, The advantage of voting for Amendment 1 is that if it passes it can’t be used as a tactic to drive conservative turnout again in the future. Alachua County aims to continually improve the accessibility and usability of its website. And maybe the Republicans won’t try to challenge the constitutionally required Fair Districting with DeSantis’ new Florida Supreme Court. That said, I will be voting YES for Scott Makar and Joseph Lewis and NO for everyone else. I’m working too many hours trying to reimagine a GOTV campaign in the time of pandemic for Labor in North Central. The Establish a Growth Management Zone amendment would establish areas the county wants to preserve for the environment, said Mark Sexton, the … Vote for Kayser Enneking. Ballot Proposal - The ballot title and ballot summary for this question are as follows: COUNTY CHARTER AMENDMENT ESTABLISHING COUNTY GROWTH MANAGEMENT AREA . High Springs City Commission voted Thursday night to approve a contentious plan to use public funds to litigate and advertise against Alachua County’s charter referendum before the public votes on the proposal. This amendment would help put a lid on that nonsense. The measure is set to appear on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. Maybe the census won’t be screwed and Florida will get one or two more congresspeople with one of the new districts having to be in North Central Florida because of the sheer size of CD3. This would require a comprehensive review of all current and proposed policies for racial and gender bias. It’s a tax cut for the surviving spouses of deceased veterans. Sure. 20-0849 Ballot Items Fiscal Consideration: N/A Recommended Action: Review and Discuss the 2020 Ballot Items. Read more. Email me at jtattersall@flaflcio.org if you want to volunteer and make calls to make sure people vote. Our Democracy is Worth Waiting For. We provide information about building department, planning, zoning and development review, trasportation division and Code Enforcement division. Vote Yes on all the Local Gainesville/Alachua County Ballot Initiatives This November we have the opportunity to elect a president, a congressperson, a statehouse representative. In the city’s complaint, filed in the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court on Monday, Alachua requested that the proposal be struck from the ballot because it is unconstitutional on several counts. An issue with growth has been when large property owners annex themselves into rural municipalities in order to get more favorable zoning changes and lax environmental standards. c. Thank you so much for the offer. If ordered by the Alachua County Canvassing Board, the recount in Alachua County will begin with a public logic and accuracy test at 11 a.m. Sunday, November 8, with the recount process beginning immediately … Only US citizens can currently vote and the purpose of this amendment is to drive anti-immigrant voters to the polls, hoping that they will also vote for Trump and his cronies. Sorry for the bluntness in this analysis, but I don’t have time to lead you to this conclusion in a less jarring way. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Alachua County voters will have the opportunity to vote for several amendments on their ballots, including six Alachua County charter amendments. This is one of the few competitive seats in Florida and we could really, really use more friends in Tallahassee. 8. Vote yes to mandate this review. And I don’t want to hear it about not voting. Password recovery . for Amendment 5 did you mean to write “vote no”? We need a bucket full of cash to address the affordable housing crisis in Alachua County and this amendment is the bucket. The reason most people are supporting this is that it’s very popular and might be politically hard to publicly advocate against. It’s a minor inconvenience to have to submit a paper copy but there’s no way to do away with this requirement except for updating the charter. Should you have any questions, please call us at 352-374-5243 for building department and 352-374-5249 for all other divisions for assistance. The Florida Citizen Voters are leading this campaign and are very, very conservative. NEWBERRY, Fla. (WCJB) -The City of Newberry is planning to file a lawsuit against Alachua County. If not for these White people’s fear of Black people, the Publix and much of the plazas and apartment complexes would be a large nature park instead of one of the most polluted bodies of water in Gainesville. And maybe Alachua County will get a new district without Clay County, and maybe this seat will be competitive in 2 years. ( Log Out / Please vote yes for this. A County Growth Management Area would be created, in which the county’s comprehensive plan and land development regulations would govern land development outside today's municipal boundaries, including land that is later annexed inside municipal boundaries. Editor's Note: On the Agenda is a summary of high interest items to be decided on or discussed at upcoming local municipal meetings in Alachua County. VIEWS. Vote yes on creating the framework for the Alachua County Affordable Housing Trust Fund. County Commission to discuss COVID-19, fairgrounds, November ballot items | Government | mainstreetdailynews.com High Springs To Use Taxes To Sue Alachua County Over Ballot Amendment – WUFT News. The short and long of it is that it’ll keep progressives from being able to win state office. Whereas the language suggests the amendment’s purpose is "growth management,” the complaint said, its true purpose is “to prevent a municipality from applying its land use regulations to properties it annexes after the proposed charter amendment becomes effective.”. ( Log Out / This doesn’t do what many people think it’ll do. Whatever this guys says to vote for…. The Nov. three poll referendum would create a county growth management area, whereby any growth inside the space could be solely ruled by the county’s land growth rules, even when a parcel of land is later annexed into the boundaries of a metropolis. 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