Before every election in those years, many more initiative petitions were drafted and circulated by citizen groups but either failed to gather the required number of signatures, were rejected by the Florida Supreme Court, or were rejected by voters. It is their constitution . . . They have a right to change, abrogate or modify it in any manner they see fit . . . During the 1980s, state government enacted 288 laws that require local governments to bear new costs in such areas as growth management, pension benefits, and pollution control, often without providing funds to carry them out. Since then, critics argue, the amendment language allows toomany exceptions, the state continues to add new burdens to local governments, and another amendment with fewer exceptions is needed.
Opponents argue that local governments receive more than enough state funding.
It is their constitution . . . They have a right to change, abrogate or modify it in any manner they see fit . . .