Please Email and Call your Senator early Monday morning and urge them to OPPOSE the bad amendments to HB 4003 - Growth Policy that will be heard on the Senate Floor Monday.
The bad amendments are 832626 by Sen. Bogdanoff and 799666 by Sen. Dean. (There is also an amendment by Sen. Detert to protect Sarasota County from the impact of Sen. Bogdanoff’s amendment. That one is OK, but won’t be necessary if we can stop Sen. Bogdanoff’s from being adopted.)
Sen. Bogdanoff’s amendment 832626 would prohibit requiring a supermajority to adopt an amendment to a comprehensive plan. In Miami-Dade County , that supermajority vote is all that stands against new suburban development on the eastern border of Everglades National Park . Developers are relentless in wanting to turn that area into more suburban sprawl – and our already stressed National Park needs all the protection it can get. Building roads, houses, and shopping malls will not protect our wetlands.
Text of the amendment:
5 Section 5.A local government may not adopt or impose any
6 supermajority voting requirement, by charter provision,
7 ordinance, or otherwise, for the transmittal or adoption of
8 amendments to the comprehensive plan.
Sen. Dean has also filed amendment 799666 to give owners of agricultural land with development on its perimeter a legal presumption in favor of obtaining a comprehensive plan amendment that upgrades their land from agricultural to residential, commercial, or industrial use.
The Department of Community Affairs used to keep an eye on this kind of bad growth policy. But they were eliminated by Governor Scott and the Florida legislature last year. HB 4003 is coming up for a vote this Monday at 10 a.m. ! Please email and call your Senator to ask them to OPPOSE amendments 832626 and 799666 to HB 4003 (Growth Policy).
Full Senate emails grouped:
alexander.jd.web@flsenate.gov, altman.thad.web@flsenate.gov, benacquisto.lizbeth.web@flsenate.gov, bennett.mike.web@flsenate.gov, bogdanoff.ellyn.web@flsenate.gov, braynon.oscar.web@flsenate.gov, bullard.larcenia.web@flsenate.gov, dean.charles.web@flsenate.gov, detert.nancy.web@flsenate.gov, portilla.miguel.web@flsenate.gov, dockery.paula.web@flsenate.gov, evers.greg.web@flsenate.gov, fasano.mike.web@flsenate.gov, flores.anitere.web@flsenate.gov, gaetz.don.web@flsenate.gov, garcia.rene.web@flsenate.gov, gardiner.andy.web@flsenate.gov, gibson.audrey.web@flsenate.gov,
haridopolos.mike.web@flsenate.gov, hays.alan.web@flsenate.gov, jones.dennis.web@flsenate.gov, joyner.arthenia.web@flsenate.gov, latvala.jack.web@flsenate.gov, lynn.evelyn.web@flsenate.gov, margolis.gwen.web@flsenate.gov, montford.bill.web@flsenate.gov, negron.joe.web@flsenate.gov, norman.jim.web@flsenate.gov, oelrich.steve.web@flsenate.gov, rich.nan.web@flsenate.gov, richter.garrett.web@flsenate.gov, ring.jeremy.web@flsenate.gov, sachs.maria.web@flsenate.gov, simmons.david.web@flsenate.gov , siplin.gary.web@flsenate.gov, smith.chris.web@flsenate.gov, sobel.eleanor.web@flsenate.gov, storms.ronda.web@flsenate.gov, thrasher.john.web@flsenate.gov, wise.stephen.web@flsenate.gov
Please send emails to Senators in two groups to reduce the number that get bounced back.
And please remember to Call!
Senator Local Phone Email Address
Sen. JD Alexander (850) 487-5044 alexander.jd.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Thad Altman (850) 487-5053 altman.thad.web@flsenate.gov
(Please click to see the rest of the Senator's contact information:)
(Please click to see the rest of the Senator's contact information:)
Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto (850) 487-5356 benacquisto.lizbeth.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Michael S. ''Mike'' Bennett (850) 487-5078 bennett.mike.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Oscar Braynon (850) 487-5116 braynon.oscar.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Larcenia J. Bullard (850) 487-5127 bullard.larcenia.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Charles S. ''Charlie'' Dean (850) 487-5017 dean.charles.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Nancy Detert (850) 487-5081 detert.nancy.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (850) 487-5109 portilla.miguel.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Paula Dockery (850) 487-5040 dockery.paula.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Greg Evers (850) 487-5000 evers.greg.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Mike Fasano (850) 487-5062 fasano.mike.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Anitere Flores (850) 487-5130 flores.anitere.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Don Gaetz (850) 487-5009 gaetz.don.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Rene Garcia (850) 487-5106 garcia.rene.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Andy Gardiner (850) 487-5047 gardiner.andy.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Audrey Gibson (850) 487-5024 gibson.audrey.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Mike Haridopolos (850) 487-5056 haridopolos.mike.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Alan Hays (850) 487-5014 hays.alan.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Dennis Jones (850) 487-5065 jones.dennis.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Arthenia Joyner (850) 487-5059 joyner.arthenia.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Jack Latvala (850) 487-5075 latvala.jack.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Evelyn J. Lynn (850) 487-5033 lynn.evelyn.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Gwen Margolis (850) 487-5121 margolis.gwen.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Bill Montford (850) 487-5004 montford.bill.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Joe Negron (850) 487-5088 negron.joe.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Jim Norman (850) 487-5068 norman.jim.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Steve Oelrich (850) 487-5020 oelrich.steve.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Nan Rich (850) 487-5103 rich.nan.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Garrett Richter (850) 487-5124 richter.garrett.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Jeremy Ring (850) 487-5094 ring.jeremy.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Maria Lorts Sachs (850) 487-5091 sachs.maria.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. David Simmons (850) 487-5050 simmons.david.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Gary Siplin (850) 487-5190 siplin.gary.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Christopher ''Chris'' Smith (850) 487-5112 smith.chris.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Eleanor Sobel (850) 487-5097 sobel.eleanor.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Ronda Storms (850) 487-5072 storms.ronda.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. John Thrasher (850) 487-5030 thrasher.john.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Stephen R. Wise (850) 487-5027 wise.stephen.web@flsenate.gov
David Cullen
Sierra Club Florida lobbyist
Sierra Club Florida lobbyist