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Hometown Democracy Timeline

Aug 27, 2009

brief history of events

August 25, 2009 -- the Jacksonville City Council approved a resolution to oppose Amendment 4. The vote was taken without discussion or comment. The resolution was sponsored by City Council President Dan Davis, who, coincidently, is Executive Director of the Northeast Florida Builders Association, which opposes the amendment.

September 1, 2008 -- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit trying to get a growth management proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot.

The suit by Florida Hometown Democracy Inc. challenged a Feb. 1 deadline for verifying petition signatures. The group's proposed state constitutional amendment fell about 65,000 signatures short. The amendment would require voter approval for changes in local growth plans. Read more >

August 12, 2008 -- Federal Judge Kenneth Marra ruled late Tuesday that the venue for the Hometown Democracy lawsuit will be transferred from West Palm Beach to the federal court in Tallahassee, a move that slows down the litigation process. Learn more >

June 11, 2008 -- Hometown Democracy files suit against the state of Florida -- asks federal court to direct state to place the Hometown Democracy Amendment on the 2008 ballot. Learn more >

February 2, 2008 -- The State of Florida Division of Elections states that the Florida Hometown Democracy (FHD) Amendment has not qualified for the 2008 ballot. More than 814,000 total petitions were submitted as of January 31, and the FHD organization has determined that many thousands of them were not reviewed in a timely fashion and are not included in the State’s totals. (611,009 valid petitions are required to make the ballot). The FHD organization is confident that once all petitions submitted are reviewed and counted, the amendment will qualify for this November's ballot. View a PDF with the latest information (April 10, 2008).