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(Article VIII, Section 2 (b) and ratified in 1973. This gives each city the Opinions expressed by contributors or advertisers are not
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Cities in Florida are not “of ” the State, but “in” the State:
an important distinction between municipal authority and other local
governments. Cities were created for services and self-determination.
Self-determination is the ability to make local decisions locally. Cities are publisher reg buxton
citizen driven representative democracies with citizen engagement, citizen
input and citizen leadership.
Florida’s Legislature has been active on the preemption front. Some account executive colette m. beringer
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place financial gain above community and are driven by corporate efforts.
Where you plant or can plant a tree will fall under this type of scrutiny.
Such areas include vacation rentals, developers, writing rules for taking
down trees, eliminate local CRAs and how local governments can spend contributing writers bill barnett
their tax dollars. Everyone needs to make themselves aware of the battle sandra lee buxton
going on between Cities and the State legislature. diana jarrett
The above was written and ran in our February 2022 issue. lois bolin
What if anything has changed? jeff lytle
Today, April 20, 2023, Home Rule continues to be endangered. claudia polzin
You must act now or forever lose your rights to self-govern. We now paula allia
have a minimum of 10 new bills working their way through the current tina osceola
legislature all concerning taking Home Rule away from our Cities and
Counties.
All these bills will take our right to govern ourselves away and give graphic design YB Design Studio
them to the State. Call your local representatives and senators and tell
them to vote NO!!! They have always voted for taking Home Rule away
from us. Call now before you wake up one day and find you have no
control over how your City or County is governed.
Talk to your local legislator, be it House or Senate. Life in Naples Magazine
Now is the time to express your feelings and perspective. is now a Community
Representative Bob Rommel : 239.417.6200 Partner of the
Representative Lauren Melo : 239.417.6270
Senator Kathleen Passidomo : 239.417.6205

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