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Skoll
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Voting Guide

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I spent the morning and some of the afternoon researching candidates and things on the ballot and made myself a voting cheat sheet. I'll repost it here in case anyone wanted to round up opinions and the like.

Governor
Ron De Santis

Senate
Rick Scott

Attorney General
Ashley Moody

Chief Financial Officer
Jimmy Patronis

Commissioner of Agriculture
Matt Caldwell

Justice of the Supreme Court
Retain Alan Lawson

District Court of Appeals
Retain Burton C Conner

Retain Jeffrey T Kuntz

Retain Carole Y Taylor


Circuit Judge 15th Judicial Circuit Group 13
Scott Ryan Kerner

Circuit Judge 15th Judicial Circuit Group 18
Maxine Cheesman

Circuit Judge 15th Judicial Circuit Group 25
Michael McAuliffe

County Court Judge Group 4
Allegra Fung

Palm Beach Soil & Water District Group 1
Michellle Sylvester

Palm Beach Soil & Water District Group 5
Eva Webb

No 1. Constitutional Amendment, Article VII, Section 6, Article XII, Section 37
No

No 2. Constitutional Amendment, Article XII, Section 27
Yes

No 3. Constitutional Amendment, Article X, Section 29
No

No 4. Constitutional Amendment, Article VI, Section 4
No

No 5. Constitutional Amendment, Article VII, Section 19
No

No 6. Constitutional Revision, Article I, Section 16, Article V, Sections 8 & 21, Article XIII, New Section
No

No 7. Constitutional Revision, Article IX, Section 7 & 8, Article X, New Section
No

No 9. Constitutional Revision, Article II, Section 7, Article X, Section 20
No

No 10. Constitutional Revision, Article III, Section 3, Article IV, Section 4 & 11, Article VIII, Section 1 & 6
No

No 11. Constitutional Revision, Article I, Section 2, Article X, Section 9 & 19
No

No 12. Constitutional Revision, Article II, Section 8, Article V, Section 13, Article XII, New Section
No

No 13. Constitutional Revision, Article X, New Section, Article XII, New Section
No

Palm Beach Countywide Question - School Tax
No
"The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted."
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Post by platform »

spent the morning and some of the afternoon researching candidates and things on the ballot and made myself a voting cheat sheet. I'll repost it here in case anyone wanted to round up opinions and the like.

Governor
Ron De Santis

Senate
Rick Scott

Attorney General
Ashley Moody

Chief Financial Officer
Jimmy Patronis

Commissioner of Agriculture
Matt Caldwell

Justice of the Supreme Court
Retain Alan Lawson

District Court of Appeals
Retain Burton C Conner

Retain Jeffrey T Kuntz



Retain Carole Y Taylor
[worker] - NO, time to retire

Circuit Judge 15th Judicial Circuit Group 13
Scott Ryan Kerner

Circuit Judge 15th Judicial Circuit Group 18
Maxine Cheesman

Circuit Judge 15th Judicial Circuit Group 25
Michael McAuliffe

County Court Judge Group 4
Allegra Fung


Palm Beach Soil & Water District Group 1
Michellle Sylvester

[worker] - NO, She is endorsed by Sierra Club


Palm Beach Soil & Water District Group 5
Eva Webb
[worker] - NO, She is endorsed by Palm Beach human rights council (together with a few other
on this ballot)
http://www.pbchrc.org/endorsements



No 1. Constitutional Amendment, Article VII, Section 6, Article XII, Section 37
No
[worker] - YES, lower taxes is good

No 2. Constitutional Amendment, Article XII, Section 27
Yes

No 3. Constitutional Amendment, Article X, Section 29
No

No 4. Constitutional Amendment, Article VI, Section 4
No

No 5. Constitutional Amendment, Article VII, Section 19
No

[worker] - YES, makes it harder to raise taxes

No 6. Constitutional Revision, Article I, Section 16, Article V, Sections 8 & 21, Article XIII, New Section
No

No 7. Constitutional Revision, Article IX, Section 7 & 8, Article X, New Section
No

[worker] - YES, need to help folks who put their lives on the line for us

No 9. Constitutional Revision, Article II, Section 7, Article X, Section 20
No

No 10. Constitutional Revision, Article III, Section 3, Article IV, Section 4 & 11, Article VIII, Section 1 & 6
No
[worker] - YES, although I hate bundled amendments…

No 11. Constitutional Revision, Article I, Section 2, Article X, Section 9 & 19
No

No 12. Constitutional Revision, Article II, Section 8, Article V, Section 13, Article XII, New Section
No

[worker] - YES, Lobbyists should be lobbing voters, not government officials... So this
amendment will make it harder for them to get a job lobbying gov officials, after they
leave their political posts.


No 13. Constitutional Revision, Article X, New Section, Article XII, New Section
No

Palm Beach Countywide Question - School Tax
No
[worker] - YES, although I hate bundled amendments…

To be honest a few of those amendments do not belong to constitution at all.
So Understand why voting 'no' on them is also Ok.
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My method, vote the opposite of the Tampa Bay Times endorsements, is a lot easier. :lol:
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Post by FfNJGTFO »

Just to play "Devil's Advocate..." :mrgreen:
Skoll wrote: Fri Oct 12, 2018 3:28 pm No 1. Constitutional Amendment, Article VII, Section 6, Article XII, Section 37
No

Why no?

No 3. Constitutional Amendment, Article X, Section 29
No

Why no?

No 6. Constitutional Revision, Article I, Section 16, Article V, Sections 8 & 21, Article XIII, New Section
No

Why no?

No 11. Constitutional Revision, Article I, Section 2, Article X, Section 9 & 19
No

Why no?
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FfNJGTFO wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:04 am Just to play "Devil's Advocate..." :mrgreen:
Skoll wrote: Fri Oct 12, 2018 3:28 pm No 1. Constitutional Amendment, Article VII, Section 6, Article XII, Section 37
No

Why no?

No 3. Constitutional Amendment, Article X, Section 29
No

Why no?

No 6. Constitutional Revision, Article I, Section 16, Article V, Sections 8 & 21, Article XIII, New Section
No

Why no?

No 11. Constitutional Revision, Article I, Section 2, Article X, Section 9 & 19
No

Why no?
I'm not supporting bundling, down that path will lie nothing but pain. Neither should you.
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platform wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:54 am
spent the morning and some of the afternoon researching candidates and things on the ballot and made myself a voting cheat sheet. I'll repost it here in case anyone wanted to round up opinions and the like.

Governor
Ron De Santis

Senate
Rick Scott

Attorney General
Ashley Moody

Chief Financial Officer
Jimmy Patronis

Commissioner of Agriculture
Matt Caldwell

Justice of the Supreme Court
Retain Alan Lawson

District Court of Appeals
Retain Burton C Conner

Retain Jeffrey T Kuntz



Retain Carole Y Taylor
[worker] - NO, time to retire

Circuit Judge 15th Judicial Circuit Group 13
Scott Ryan Kerner

Circuit Judge 15th Judicial Circuit Group 18
Maxine Cheesman

Circuit Judge 15th Judicial Circuit Group 25
Michael McAuliffe

County Court Judge Group 4
Allegra Fung


Palm Beach Soil & Water District Group 1
Michellle Sylvester

[worker] - NO, She is endorsed by Sierra Club


Palm Beach Soil & Water District Group 5
Eva Webb
[worker] - NO, She is endorsed by Palm Beach human rights council (together with a few other
on this ballot)
http://www.pbchrc.org/endorsements



No 1. Constitutional Amendment, Article VII, Section 6, Article XII, Section 37
No
[worker] - YES, lower taxes is good

No 2. Constitutional Amendment, Article XII, Section 27
Yes

No 3. Constitutional Amendment, Article X, Section 29
No

No 4. Constitutional Amendment, Article VI, Section 4
No

No 5. Constitutional Amendment, Article VII, Section 19
No

[worker] - YES, makes it harder to raise taxes

No 6. Constitutional Revision, Article I, Section 16, Article V, Sections 8 & 21, Article XIII, New Section
No

No 7. Constitutional Revision, Article IX, Section 7 & 8, Article X, New Section
No

[worker] - YES, need to help folks who put their lives on the line for us

No 9. Constitutional Revision, Article II, Section 7, Article X, Section 20
No

No 10. Constitutional Revision, Article III, Section 3, Article IV, Section 4 & 11, Article VIII, Section 1 & 6
No
[worker] - YES, although I hate bundled amendments…

No 11. Constitutional Revision, Article I, Section 2, Article X, Section 9 & 19
No

No 12. Constitutional Revision, Article II, Section 8, Article V, Section 13, Article XII, New Section
No

[worker] - YES, Lobbyists should be lobbing voters, not government officials... So this
amendment will make it harder for them to get a job lobbying gov officials, after they
leave their political posts.


No 13. Constitutional Revision, Article X, New Section, Article XII, New Section
No

Palm Beach Countywide Question - School Tax
No
[worker] - YES, although I hate bundled amendments…

To be honest a few of those amendments do not belong to constitution at all.
So Understand why voting 'no' on them is also Ok.
I'm just straight voting no on all the bundled amendments. The one good caveat isn't good enough to justify the others. As for the Water & Soil runners, their opposition really aren't good picks. One of the candidates for Group 1, while he has good experience, seems just like a Federal yes man and is near 70 years old. You said it was time for Judge Taylor to retire but I couldn't find anything in her record to make her seem unfit for another term. I couldn't find her age though.
"The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted."
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