Monday, November 01, 2010

eLauderhill News Endorsements for November 2nd Election

In the Nov. 2 General Elections, voters will be faced with a very long ballot. A quick summation is below. For more details, see the article published on October 16.

US Senate - Charlie Crist - NPA
Florida Governor - Alex Sink - Dem
Attorney General - Dan Gelber - Dem
Commissioner of Agriculture - Scott Maddox - Dem
State Senator District 32 - Jeremy Ring - Dem
State Representative District 96 - Ari Porth - Dem
County Court Judge Group 1 - John D. Fry
County Court Judge Group 26 - F.J. McLawrence
Lauderhill City Commission Seat 2 - Joel Leshinsky
Lauderhill City Commission Seat 3 - M. Margaret Bates

FLORIDA CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS

Amendment #1 - Repeal of Public Campaign Financing requirements - NO.
Amendment #2 - Homestead ad valorem tax credit for deployed military personnel -YES
Amendment #4 - Referenda required for adoption and amendment of local government comprehensive land use plans - NO.
Amendment #5 - Standards for Legislature to follow in legislative redistricting -YES
Amendment #6 - Standards for Legislature to follow in congressional redistricting - YES
Amendment #8 - Revision of the class size requirements for public schools - YES
Referendum - A Non Binding Referendum calling for an Amendment to the US Constitution to require a balanced federal budget without raising taxes - NO.

BROWARD COUNTY CHARTER REFERENDUMS:

#1 Charter Review Commission and Management and Efficiency Study Commission should meet every 10 years instead of 6 years - No.
#2 County Ethics Code shall control over Municipal Ethic Codes - No.
#3 Broward County Constitituional Officers to be subject to the Broward County Code of Ethics - Yes.
#4 Establish a Charter Officer of Inspector General to investigate county and municipal misconduct and gross mismangement - Yes.
#5 To send direction to the Legislature that Broward County Residents want the County to be able to show on the tax bill the share of property taxes that is attributable to Constitutional Officers - Yes.

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