Something particularly dreadful is happening in Alachua Co about the single-member district ballot initiative. There is an aggressive misinformation campaign going to convince Black voters that local Black leaders and the NAACP are in favor of single districts. The opposite is true.
The Gainesville Sun is publishing opinion columns written by local candidates for office before November's election, as well as news stories by reporters on the races. It will continue to be updated as more are published.
During the November election, Alachua County voters will be asked to decide if we should change the way our county commissioners are elected. Ballots for Alachua County residents will include this question: “Shall the five members of the board of county commissioners of Alachua County, Florida, be elected to office from single-member districts by electors residing in each of those districts only?” Here we describe the benefits and disadvantages of changing the method of electing our county commissioners. The decision is yours to make. Please vote!
On October 9th, together with the UF Bob Graham Center for Public Service, LWV of Alachua County hosted an in-person general election candidate forum in Pugh Hall on the UF campus. Candidates from several races participated.
It takes twelve bees, each visiting about 150 flowers to withdraw nectar, to make a single teaspoon of honey (a quick Google search with the consensus of numerous honeybee organizations). Each bee will fly up to five miles to harvest from a good nectar source. Your LWV of Alachua County has been busy as bees. And that’s saying something!
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) recently heard an initial request for a large-scale development on 4000+ acres known as the Lee Property. LWVAC is asking the BoCC to reject this initial request, called a Special Area Study, until all efforts to secure funding for preserving the entire property are exhausted. If no effort is made to secure this funding, then LWVAC will oppose the project.
On October 11, 2022, Robert "Hutch" Hutchinson, the former 3-term Alachua County Commissioner, discussed the local issues on the 2022 ballot in a presentation to the Oak Hammock Committee of the LWV of Alachua County.
On October 3, 2022, Joe Little, Professor Emeritus in the UF School of Law and a specialist in Florida Constitutional Law, explained the three Constitutional Amendments on the November 2022 Florida general election ballot to the Oak Hammock Commit
LWVAC is proud to have several Life Members—those who have been League members for 50 consecutive years! We’ve set out to interview them. Here we talk with Deanye Overman, as reported by Karen Seabury.
