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ABATE of Florida Inc SOUTHWEST CHAPTER
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State House, District 73 (Fort Myers, parts of
North Fort Myers, south Fort Myers, San
Carlos Park and Lehigh Acres): Stephen
Grey-Blancett, D. Nick Thompson, R*.
Lee County Commission, District 1 (Cape
Coral, Pine Island, Sanibel, Captiva): AJ
Boyd, NPA. Bob Janes,R*. Carla Johnston,
NPA.
Lee County Commission, District 3 (Bonita
Springs, Estero, Fort Myers Beach, parts of
south Fort Myers and San Carlos Park): Les
Cochran, NPA. Ray Judah, R*.
Lee County Commission, District 5 (Lehigh
Acres, Alva, parts of San Carlos Park and
southeast Lee): Sony Haas, NPA. Richard
Kuhn, NPA. Frank Mann,R*.
Lee County Sheriff: Christian Meister, NPA.
Mike Scott, R*.
Lee County Property Appraiser: John
Glaser, D. Larry St. Amand, NPA. Ken
Wilkenson, R*.
Constitutional Amendments:
Amendment 1: Undocumented residents
would be prohibited from owning property.
Amendment 2: Only marriage between a
man and a woman will be recognized as
official.
Amendment 3: Upgrades to existing homes,
to help withstand a hurricane or incorporate
alternative energy such as solar, will not be
factored in property assessments.
Amendment 4: Property owners can
volunteer their land to be in perpetual
conservation to protect it from development,
and all such decisions are irreversible.
Amendment 5: Money for public school
operating expenses such as field trips and
teacher salaries would be eliminated. The
Legislature will have to choose from options
such as raising the sales tax and cutting tax
exemptions to make up the shortfall.
Amendment 6: Working waterfront
properties will be assessed by their current
use, not their highest or best use, which
would protect those properties from
assessments equal to condominium
complexes.
Amendment 7: Faith based programs, such
as drug rehabilitation, would be protected so
they can still be funded with tax dollars.
Amendment 8: Junior colleges can place a
sales tax increase on the ballot, as long as
there is a specific purpose, such as
construction, and a limited time period of the
tax.
Amendment 9: School boards would have to
spend at least 65 percent of tax dollars in
the classroom; and vouchers ranging from
$3,500 to $4,500 would be created to pay
for a student from a poor family who attends
a failing school to go to a private school.
Lee County Charter Amendments:
Voters will decide whether the supervisor of
elections should be a nonpartisan position,
starting in 2012.
The county Charter Review Committee
would meet only every eight yearly, instead
of every four, but with 12 of 15 votes could
put issues on the ballot.
See you in the wind,
'TEDDYBEAR'
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