**VOTER GUIDE** NOV 7th 2006 (GENERAL) * BY: David C. Osborne (Leon County, Tallahassee, FL)

http://www.vote2006.davidosborne.net ^ | 01 November 2005 | David Osborne

[davidosborne]

Leon County Precinct# 3511

United States Senator...........Katherine Harris

Governor and Lt. Gov.............Charlie Crist/Jeff Kottkamp

Attorney General........Bill McCollum

Chief Financial Officer........Tom Lee

Commissioner of Agriculture......Charles Bronson

Superintendent of Schools........ Patricia Sunday

County Judge..................Ron Flury

City Commissioner...........Debbie Lightsey

NonPartisen Justice of the Supreme Court..(Retention)

R. Fred Lewis.....NO

Barbara Joan Pariente.......NO

Peggy A. Quince...............NO

District Court of Appeal (Retention)

Edwin B. Browning Jr........NO

Brad Thomas...............NO

Peter D. Webster...........NO

Water Conservation District 2..... Scott Matteo

Water Conservation District 3..... Jeffrey Sly

Water Conservation District 4..... John Maloney

Constitutional Ammendments.........

NO 1...... YES - (appears to strenghten fiscal resposibility)

NO 3...... NO - (raises the requirements for passing State Constitutional Ammendments - Keep the process the way it is IMHO)

NO 4....... NO - Waste of funds on "state advertising" - these funds could be better spent IMHO

NO 6........ NO - Homestead exemptions are NOT a constitutional issue

NO 7........ NO - Great idea to give discounts to disable vets.. but it is NOT a constitutional issue

NO 8......... YES - Eminent Domain issue - clarifies this issue for Florida since the USSC got it WRONG IMHO

LOCAL Referendum for 1/2 cent Sales Tax for comprehensive indigent health care.... YES - A local solution to a Local Problem

[NonValueAdded]

Disagree on No. 3 - Vote YES. De Tocqueville was right and it doesn't take a bullet train to run you over to see it.

[davidosborne]

I gave #3 a lot of consideration.. but in the end I decided that it is better for the voters to express their opinions on the issues that the legislature fails to act on....

[NonValueAdded]

Well, someone made a great point earlier in the thread that things make it on there that aren't constitutional issues. Oh, wait ... that was you :) Raising the bar to prevent the tyranny of the majority does not lock out truly important Constitutional changes like #8, the Eminent Domain fix.

[davidosborne]

I am not sure if you are agreeing with my argument or not.. LOL...

FReegards,

David

P.S. Passing it on to my ping list.. unfortunately I will not be able to vote as I never received my absentee balot.. it arrived at the house a couple of weeks ago and my wife forwarded it to me. however it seems to have been "lost in the military mail system"..... anyway.. hopefully none of these races will be decided by a single vote.. but I am curious if any other military folks have not received their balots either.... might be worth looking into...

[rbosque]

You raise a good point. I need to ask my son in Iraq if he can/has/will vote(ed).

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[commish]

Hate to hear you did not get your Ballot David. I found out yesterday that I will be traveling next week, so I have to go down to our Board of Registars today and pick up an Emergency Ballot myself.

[davidosborne]

interesting to note that another guy in my unit just got his balot today..... probably not enough time to mail it in and get it counted by Tuesday.....

In no way am I suggesting any conspiricy.. I am just curious how many other soldiers are in the same situation....

[davidosborne]

REF: Local Issue...

While I am ideologically opposed to "free health care".. this issue is an opportunity to address the problem at the LOCAL level.. that is why I support it.... I would like to follow this issue closely to ensure that it does not turn into socialized medicine.... if managed correctly it would divert some of the "indigent" patients to clinics where the service can be provided at a much lower cost than ER care... I would like to see more details on the "accounting"... I think fees for service should still be assessed and if an individual has the ability to pay they should be required to do so.... FOR EXAMPLE: If a patient receives health care under this program and then wins the lottery they should be required to pay for the services they received when they were "indigent".... I don't know if this is in the plan or not... If it passess I intend to keep a close eye on its development...

[davidosborne]

http://www.leoncountyfl.gov/HealthCarePlan/index.asp

Request information from anyone who lives in a community that has a "Community Health Plan".. Does it SAVE or COST taxpayers money? Link above is the Proposal for Leon County, Tallahassee, Florida

[davidosborne]

I would like to know if any other FReepers have posted a voter guide

[davidosborne]

I expected more debate on #3..... I would rather vote NO a hundred times on issues that are not constitutional matters than NOT have the opportunity to vote YES on something that really SHOULD be there... ie....

THE MARIAGE AMMENDMENT !!!..... I am not suggesting a consipiricy but if #3 passess it would make it much more difficult to get the Mariage Ammendment on the balot in 08'....

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[floriduh voter]

I early voted today. There is a paper trail that runs like a grocery store tape behind the screen. Anyone alleging there is no paper trail better look at their voting machines. I don't know what the paper is recording.

[davidosborne]

Due to the fact that I did not receive my balot this will be the FIRST election I have missed since I was 18yrs old

[floriduh voter]

It will be okay. Why no ballot?