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Submit Your Questions For The Candidates
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Discussion Started: 07-31-2006, 1:56 PM
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WESH 2 News is taking your questions directly to the candidates. Right now, WESH 2's political team is arranging interviews with the candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. What do you want to know about the candidates' positions? What do you think is the biggest problem facing the state and its citizens?
Send us your questions and we'll get them answered. Only those questions that include your name and city will be taken to the candidates.
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unklrichie
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10-31-2006, 10:55 PM
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The Florida Constitution, Article X, Section 6 currently reads, "No private property shall be taken except for a public purpose and with full compensation therefor paid to each owner or secured by deposit in the registry of the court and available to the owner."
The proposed amendment includes a provision that reads "providing that the Legislature may by general law passed by a three-fifths vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature permit exceptions allowing the transfer of such private property."
Voting in favor of this amendment sounds as though it would be protecting the rightful owners of desireable property; however, as it is now, Article X, Section 6 simply prohibits the transfer of that land, with no additional stipulations. Would this amendment actually make it easier to obtain land by eminent domain since it provides an option and sets a number of votes for superceding the law? There are no provisions in the current Article for "voting around" eminent domain. Is the proposed amendment written for the benefit of developers, ensuring that they need only convince three-fifths of both Florida Houses to agree with their idea of the best use for private property?
Thank you for the opportunity to get an answer to this puzzling amendment.
Sincerely,
Rich in Orlando
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mlemu
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10-28-2006, 2:38 PM
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What plans do you have to reduce violence in Central Florida. According to past data on City-data.com, Orlando has a worse crime index than many other major cities including Detroit, and New York City. This violence can be viewed all around inlcuding road rage and schools violence. Now that Floridians have the right to use deadly force, it seems that violence has increased even more. Please help with this ever growing problem!
Mark of Winter Park, FL
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redballone
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10-28-2006, 10:52 AM
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i would like to know how all they feel about amendment 10 (save our homes) would change if they were elected because this is the very reason this amendment was presented.
thank you,allen l.saj
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ndbh
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10-28-2006, 9:30 AM
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WILL YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT and SECRET VOTING (DRE TOUCHSCREEN) FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T READ PRINT AND/OR CAN'T WRITE?
After years of technological improvements, passage of ADA and passage of HAVA most people who can't vote by reading print and writing (people with severe visual, reading and physical impairments) finally have the opportunity to vote independently and in secret as the Florida Constitution states! I have become very concerned that we may lose those gains to the paranoia of people who want a hand held paper ballot at the polling site. Although Direct Record Electronic (DRE) touchscreen voting systems do verify the voter's choice, to my knowledge there is no reliable DRE that also produces a paper ballot at the instant of voting that can be verified independently and privately by a person who is blind. I have no objection to paper ballots if they fit the above description, but given that there is more error with use of paper ballots and that security is an issue with ALL voting systems, I feel it would be a civil rights violation to remove DREs in favor of paper ballots. I keep asking political candidates and the DCCC for assurance that the right to an independent and secret vote won't be taken away, but no one will give me that assurance. Are you aware of any Volusia and/or Florida state candidates that have made that promise?
Sincerely, Nancy D. Burgess-Hall
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RP8
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10-23-2006, 3:52 PM
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The ad by Charlie Crist stating that Jim Davis has the second worst attendance in congress got me curious. I went to the www.congress.org website which stated this is true with Jim Davis participating in less than 66% of the votes. This percentage is far below most other congressmen. Why such a low participation?
Russ
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newsoml
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10-23-2006, 11:22 AM
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Charle Crist says in his ads that he has helped lowered the cost of power bills, but this is not true. What does Jim Davis plan to do to help floridians in the push to increase the cost of Electricity?
Lynne Newsom
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madparent
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10-04-2006, 11:31 AM
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What are you going to do to ensure that our children are safe from Pedophiles?
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ewrtech
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09-10-2006, 7:57 PM
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I'll ask once again I would like to know what the candidates for Governor, Senate and House of Representatives intends to do about the high cost of the Apartment Rental rates and the high cost of housing insurance for homes, townhouses, condos and renters insurance. Also the low salaries in the state of Florida do not equal the high cost of living. What are these candidates going to do to correct these problems?
Mr Steed, Winter Park, FL
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brifos28
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09-06-2006, 9:54 PM
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There is currently only one option to insure mobile homes, which is the state of Florida. Since mobile homes are common in the state, as Governor what would you do to ensure that mobile home owner's have a choice for affordable insurance?
Brian, Winter Garden, FL
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ewrtech
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09-02-2006, 10:05 AM
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I would like to know what the candidates for Governor, Senate, or House of Representatives intends to do about the high cost of the Rental rates of apartments and the high cost of housing insurance for homes, townhouses, condos and renters insurance. Also the low salaries in the state of Florida do not equal the high cost of living. What are these candidates going to correct these problems?
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