Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Burt Saunders: STOP

As in Stop Taking Our Property Committee.

GOP Attorney General candidate and state senator Burt Saunders of Naples, on Wednesday announced he'd opened a political committee to support passage of a proposed constitutional amendment that would restrict when government can take private property.

Saunders sponsored the proposed amendment and worked to pass a similar statutory change. The committee's website: www.STOPCom.org

posted by Joni James @ 5/31/2006 02:46:00 PM    

5 Comments:

  • At 3:17 PM, May 31, 2006, jpublic said…

    So long as this reaches beyond the surface and touches the use of public policy such as, speculation taxation… or highest and best use taxation, used to force owners to sell to developers… I’ll be good with it.

     

  • At 11:18 PM, May 31, 2006, Leviathan said…

    Strategic Vision Poll 5/25/06

    FL's Attorney General:

    Bill McCollum 45%
    Joe Negron 14%
    Everett Rice 8%
    Burt Saunders 4%
    Und. 29%

    Burt Saunders needs more traction than any one campaign gimmick will give him.

     

  • At 7:24 AM, June 01, 2006, Omega83 said…

    I thought the Legislature put the reins on eminent domain this year anyway..Is this project of Saunders even necessary?

    Also, market land values in Florida make it too cost prohibitive for government to use eminent domain now anyway.

    If they were smart, they'd have takne the right of ways for utilities and built roads years ago when land was still cheap, and had the infrastructure in place to better facilitate growth AND limit the need to use takings.

    Maybe the extrs $6-$7 billion rainy day money could better be used on infrastructure improvements for the future?

     

  • At 1:37 PM, June 01, 2006, David said…

    What the legislature did this year was a temporary fix to allow voters to approve this constitutional amendment in November. Saunders took the lead on both these bills in the Senate and he should be thanked for keeping local governments from seizing our property under the "claim" of economic development.

     

  • At 1:39 PM, June 01, 2006, David said…

    Omega,
    This has nothing to do with road building. This is about government taking someone's property and giving it to a third party for economic development reasons.

    Government has the right of eminent domain to build roads.

     

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