Guest columns

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

A former planning board member says a vote for Amendment 4 will regain for voters the integrity of arguably the most important document in local government.

Powerful developers claim they can cure our economic woes by developing more land and building more homes, condos and non-residential buildings.

St. Augustine Record: Amendment 4 gives citizens a new vote

When we purchase our homes, it's the largest investment that most of us make. So we deserve a seat at the table, a vote on development that affects our neighborhoods, communities and quality...

Gwen Azama-Edwards is a former City Commissioner and retired City Clerk for Daytona Beach. She is a small businessperson and the host of the “Truth” radio show on WELE in Daytona Beach...

Right now, politicians (influenced by campaign contributions and lobbyists who whisper in their ears) exclusively decide where development happens. 

Despite being a strong proponent of our representative form of government, this lack of equity in our county's rules is one of the reasons I must reluctantly rise in support of Amendment 4, the so...

HeraldTribune.com Eric Ernst: Charlotte County plan imperils Manasota Key By Eric Ernst   Sunday, August 8, 2010   Manasota Key as we know it is in danger, and not from the...

St. Petersburg Times St. Petersburg's cynical plan to thwart Amendment 4 (redux) Howard Troxler, Times Columnist Thursday, July 29, 2010   With St. Petersburg's final decision...

St. Petersburg Times St. Petersburg's idea to thwart Hometown Democracy By Howard Troxler, Times Columnist Tuesday, July 20, 2010   This is clever, I do admit.   The city of...

The Miami Herald Sat, Jun. 12, 2010   Fat cats hate slow-growth amendment BY FRED GRIMM   fgrimm@MiamiHerald.com   Power boys do love YOLO, Fort Lauderdale's slickest...

Orlando Sentinel Amendment 4 forum … the short form March 18, 2010|By Scott Maxwell, TAKING NAMES   ...But  first, a look at this week's showdown in O-town over the most ...

By Al Forman TCPalm.com April 12, 2010   Before we look closely at Comp Plan Amendment 10-4, which would create a new AgTec land-use zone by converting...

By Lauren Ritchie Orlando Sentinel.com April 2, 2010 Oh, my, how stories do change. A meeting this week between Clermont City Council members and Lake County...

St. Pete Times   Truth and hysteria on Hometown Democracy By Howard Troxler, Times Columnist Saturday, March 20, 2010   A bunch of Greek guys started a political debate 2,500...

OrlandoSentinel.com ‘Hometown Democracy’ foes offer bogus arguments Lauren Ritchie COMMENTARY   March 19, 2010   Good news: Now you don't have to sort through...

Daytona Beach News Journal February 21, 2010   Court pans legislative sabotage By MARK LANE FOOTNOTE   Your correspondent strives to be a full-service columnist. When he writes ...