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Remember to Vote Yes on 4 and remind all your friends to join you.

We are obviously disappointed in the apparent outcome of the referendum on Amendment 4. But we are extremely grateful for the countless thousands of volunteers and grassroots activists who stepped...

To save the environment and provide stability for housing prices, younger voters must have a seat at the table.

Check out Scott Maxwell's "Malarkey Meter"

With little to no evidence and plenty of sensational claims, Amendment 4’s opponents claim the amendment would wreck representative democracy, end job creation and raise taxes in leaps and...

Although the newspaper's official stance is different, Brad Rogers urges voters to use their hearts and not their heads.

Opponents to Amendment 4 flat-out lying. No surprise but great article.

Video of the debate between Yes on 4 and the opponents to Amendment 4

Statement From Florida Hometown Democracy:   This latest so-called economic study is just another attempt on the part of the No on 4 growth machine to make up "facts" to scare voters. With...

  We turn now to one of the more obscene gestures made by the Florida business community during its desperate and all-encompassing fight against Hometown Democracy and the people's right to...

Nathaniel Reed endorses Amendment 4   Nathaniel P. Reed -- long one of Florida's most respected conservationists and a former Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife...

The news source in the Florida Keys says growth issues in the sensitive Keys show that Amendment 4 is needed everywhere in the state.

Martin County Commish Sarah Heard featured in a column that was largely our salute to the brave public officials who buck special interests and support Amendment 4

Some of the town’s streets are lined with signs touting local support for Amendment 4, a proposal that would give voters statewide a say in proposed changes to local land-use plans approved...

"I see absolutely no reason to believe the findings of the Washington Economics Group report."

Former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre planted a "Vote Yes on 4" sign in the front yard of his Coconut Grove home Tuesday and told CBS4 News that the amendment is needed if any green space is to be...

Supporters of Amendment 4, a measure on the Nov. 2 ballot, say that had the measure been law at the time of the Lion Country decision, a public vote would have been required before the development...

Video of rally in Bradenton.

The unnerving jangle of a nearby jackhammer provided fitting background noise to an Amendment 4 rally Tuesday afternoon across from the Manatee County Administration Building.

It was a fitting backdrop to the message that growth is drowning out Florida voters' voices.

More great coverage

A multimillion-dollar campaign financed by developers, builders, land speculators and others who stand to make fortunes from over-development is starting to convince Floridians that Amendment 4...

"As we stand here today, I think I'm one of the only, if not the only county commissioners, if not the only county commissioner in the state of Florida to support Amendment 4," Joe McClash later...

Daily Kos: Florida for Sale - Amendment 4

Supporters of Amendment 4, also known as "Hometown Democracy," pounced on the story on Friday. 

Putnam Citizens Alliance endorses and urges you to vote FOR Amendment 4 on the November 2010 ballot.   

Mitch Kates with the Hometown Democracy campaign said, "Amendment 4 will give the voters an opportunity to have a seat at the table in determining decisions that are made in their communities."

To make matters worse, however, builders continue producing more and more houses and condos. But a new referendum called "Amendment 4" that will be voted on in November might help Floridians to...

 Lesley Blackner drove through a maze of condominium towers, rarely seeing any curtains in the windows, or residents, and tried to contain her anger. “They’ve crammed as much as...

Phil Jannarone of Crystal River had already made up his mind when he came to the Amendment 4 Forum on Monday night. He said if developers, real estate agents and the Chronicle were all...

Douglas Kennedy reports from overbuilt developments in Florida in his positive story on Amendment 4

The Dozer ad continues to get good notices.

Florida Hometown Democracy, the group behind the constitutional amendment that would require voter approval of comprehensive land use changes, has launched a new ad that's airing in key Florida...

Backers of Amendment 4, the controversial statewide ballot initiative that would give voters more say over local development proposals, have borrowed the most iconic tool in subdivision...

The image of a voter get run over by a developer's bulldozer is to the point and clever. Political ads are suppose to be simple and memorable. This ad fills that function. 

Will bailed-out overdevelopers crush Florida's right to vote on land-use plan changes that raise our property taxes?

Yes on 4 protests, and the City Council backs down.

What if your boss calls you to a company-wide "town-hall meeting" and wants you to become a "campaign advocate" for an issue on the November ballot? Is that crossing a line?

A radio report on Yes on 4's big win in St. Petersburg

Bill Foster says he cannot support creating a new land-use map as a means of getting around Amendment 4.

Leaders of the pro-conservation and smart growth group cite many legislative 'torpedoes' fired into Florida's growth management agency and process for its change in stance on the Nov. 2 ballot...

From 1000 Friends of Florida:   1000 Friends of Florida Announces Neutral Position onAmendment 4, Florida Hometown DemocracySeptember 13, 2010 After much debate and careful consideration,...

Backers of a constitutional amendment that would put land-use changes before voters began airing a tough-toned web advertisement that says the measure is needed because Florida leads the nation in...

While Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter remains under investigation for her involvement with dirty developers Bruce and Shawn Chait, she wrote on her Facebook pagethat their gift...

Blackner and other proponents of the initiative — whose ranks include municipal leaders, residents, environmental groups and homeowner associations — argue that Amendment 4 would give...

Lion Country Safari on Aug. 30 convinced the Palm Beach County Commission to change the drive-through animal theme park’s “rural” land designation and quadruple the number of...

In my opinion, it is the first and LAST chance that Florida voters will ever have. The reason is the insurmountable cost and difficulties of mounting a citizen-led referendum against the Growth...

Many well-financed special interest groups and politicians are fearful of Amendment 4 because they don't like the idea that the voting public would have a say in what happens in their own...

Lesley Blackner and Wayne Garcia give a forceful account of how Yes on 4 will give voters a seat at the table. Listen to the show on podcast.

Asked if the Florida Chamber should tell employers not to cross the line towards pressuring workers, the Chamber official said, "We don't feel a need to tell our members how to interact with their...