Mirroring the potential national election "do-over" for Democratic endorsement votes in Florida and Michigan, it seems that 2008 will be the "Year of the 'Do-Over'" in Osceola County, after 2007, the "Year of the Lawsuit."
Some examples:
After years of planning work, and a previous decision by our elected officials not to make a purchase, the Toho Preserve land is rumored to be on the market, and the clamoring begins to have the county purchase it, at a greatly increased rate, to create maybe a park, maybe a park + government center, maybe something else.
The School Board, faced with a threatened lawsuit, puts single-member districts on the ballot. The voters, for any number of reasons, decide that single-member districts are the way to go. Voices in the community then try to ask for a modification to what was on the ballot and selected by the voters, which is a combination of single-member and at-large seats.
The County Commission decides against staff recommendations to purchase a retail storefront adjacent to the courthouse complex to provide a small number of additional parking spaces. In the weeks that follow, the Commission then decides to lease the space (for the favorite governmental use of former commercial buildings..."storage space"), and then invests additional dollars in upgrading...a) a building they are leasing, b) for "storage space," c) that in the future may be torn down.
We propose that 2009 will be the "Year of the Arm-Wrestle."
Some examples:
After years of planning work, and a previous decision by our elected officials not to make a purchase, the Toho Preserve land is rumored to be on the market, and the clamoring begins to have the county purchase it, at a greatly increased rate, to create maybe a park, maybe a park + government center, maybe something else.
The School Board, faced with a threatened lawsuit, puts single-member districts on the ballot. The voters, for any number of reasons, decide that single-member districts are the way to go. Voices in the community then try to ask for a modification to what was on the ballot and selected by the voters, which is a combination of single-member and at-large seats.
The County Commission decides against staff recommendations to purchase a retail storefront adjacent to the courthouse complex to provide a small number of additional parking spaces. In the weeks that follow, the Commission then decides to lease the space (for the favorite governmental use of former commercial buildings..."storage space"), and then invests additional dollars in upgrading...a) a building they are leasing, b) for "storage space," c) that in the future may be torn down.
We propose that 2009 will be the "Year of the Arm-Wrestle."
2 comments:
Don't forget that City Commish Gemskie just brought up single-member-districts in the city again. Sound more like a broken record.
it will be a redo if we just end up electing in the same group of folks that have ridden this community into the ground. redo the mistakes of the past. what we really need is a reset instead of a redo.
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