Single member districts vs at-large

Money At-Large

Assuming I have the option on November's ballot, I'm going to vote in favor of eliminating the scheduled expansion of the Board of County Commissioners by two seats at-large.  The reasoning behind that decision is based not only in theory, but the practical evidence evidence offered by  comparing two County Commission races this year.

One is an at-large race, while the other is a district race.

Rob Bradley is running for the chairmanship, one of the at-large seats, and is unopposed. Didn't start out that way, though.  He wasn't even the first person to start running for the position.



SUNSHINE LAW - Title XIX Public Business

With all the rhetroic that has been posted on this board trying to justify why more and at-large commissioners are needed has been somewhat narrow in scope and certainly overlooked or just plain ignored Chapter 286 Florida Statutes.

The point/in case is the arguments why only one commissioner attended a workshop instead of all five and that at-large commissioners would have attended.  While the Government in Sunshine Law permits more than one attending, it is COMMON practice to send ONE elected offical to represent the body.  This eliminates the appearance of two or more from same body discussing anything which will come before it.



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