How it's (finally) VOTING time! Take it from me -- I have NO idea what regular non-political commercials look like any more. Anyone know if people still try to sell stuff that way?
In the previous two weeks, I offered up my endorsements for the major state races (go GILLUM and NELSON!) ... and summarized my suggestions for how to handle the plethora of tricky statewide amendments on this ballot (YES on only 4, 12 and 13).
But as Billy Mays probably pleaded at the pearly gates when he passed back in the summer of 2009, "but wait ... there's more"!
At the risk of inducing "ballot fatigue" here in the SoFlo, the local paperwork will also have a county wide taxation question and 11 "questions" about making changes to the county charter. Here's the good news -- my recommendations there are easy to remember:
NO on the penny increase to the sales tax for transportation improvements (something they are trying again after failing to get a similar measure passed in the primary), as there are way too many of us living paycheck to paycheck in Trump's America, and we need our pennies more than they do ... plus "they" don't really yet have fully formulated plans for spending those projected billions of dollars.
YES to all of the charter changes EXCEPT for the one that tries to weaken the inspector general's ability to commence an investigation (changing a "must" to a "may"). The rest share a general theme of creating more transparency in county government on a wide number of issues -- and the fewer back-room secret deals we have, the better.
So there you go. You are now prepared for the vote. Plus don't forget -- the next Presidential race is in just less than 24 months ... so expect to see *those* ads starting up any day now.
BALLOT FATIGUE -- IT'S A REAL THING:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/long-ballots-democracy/413701/
I AGREE -- NO ON THE PENNY TAX (AGAIN):
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/endorsements/fl-op-end-broward-penny-tax-transportation-20181013-story.html
I (MOSTLY) AGREE -- YES ON EVERYTHING BUT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL:
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/endorsements/fl-op-end-broward-county-charter-questions-20181023-story.html
