[The Great Yazoo]

Ordinarily, you would be right. There is, however, the law of unintended consequences. While Amendment 2 intends to restrict special interests' placing amendments on the ballot, I believe the consequences of Amendment 2 is to kill grassroots efforts.

Also, if you'll look at the list of proponents, you'll quickly see that "grassroots" doesn't describe them. Not a single one of those groups would have a problem complying with timing and procedures required by Amendment 2, no matter how harebrained the proposal.

The bottom line for me is that Amendment 2 is sponsored by the Florida Legislature. It is aimed at making citizen initiative more difficult. I believe the real conservative position on amendments to limit the rights of citizens (no matter who supports and who opposes), is a firm but polite NO!

[cyn]

Hi, GY -- thanks for your input on that. It's a tough call, indeed.

Does anyone have any thing on 1st dca judges? All I can find is 'retain all'... I've not been here long enough to know any major problem cases, I guess, and my random case search didn't help.