Ian Pollock’s Aug. 22 letter could not be more misguided. Amendment 4 is not a solution to corruption or growth management challenges. It’s a special-interest boondoggle written and funded by a land-use attorney.
It would require a taxpayer-funded referendum for every single change to our local growth plan. It’s so extreme it doesn’t even provide exceptions for hospitals, police stations, or schools — delaying these necessary public projects by years and burning up taxpayer dollars.
Amendment 4 isn’t about voter choice, it’s about halting growth altogether, costing the state countless jobs and sinking our troubled economy even deeper into recession. Stopping all growth doesn’t save money. It ensures that today’s residents will pay even higher taxes tomorrow as there will be fewer and fewer businesses to share the tax burden with for maintenance of our essential services.
When combined with the substantial actual costs of running taxpayer-funded referendum for each and every change, it is an economic nightmare. Please vote “no” on Amendment 4 in November.
Maureen Gawel
Palm City
