Voting Smart – Local Issues

Issues and Voices that Matter June 17, 2010

Voting Smart – Local Issues

Voting Smart: Local Issues

Central Florida Matters returns to the series we call Voting Smart… in this feature addressing local issues facing voters and candidates in the upcoming 2010 elections. To help us sort through those local issues and focus on the key ones, we put together a panel of two local experts … each with a respectable collection of experience and insight — Marilyn Crotty and Michael Hoover, who describe the local issues facing the voter AND the local candidates.

Marilyn E. Crotty is the Director of the John Scott Dailey Florida Institute of Government at the University of Central Florida and also serves as Executive Director of the Tri-County League of Cities. Dr. Michael Hoover is a Professor of Political Science at Seminole State College and a frequent participant on Central Florida Matters.
Feature length – 23:02

(Produced, reported and edited by Stephen McKenney Steck
Production assistance courtesy of WUCF-89.9 FM, a service of the University of Central Florida)

In Seminole County Florida, voters are confronted with 6 of the 7 cities holding elections for commissioners and Mayors… 3 seats on the public school board are in contention…2 commission seats are in play for county government….3 races are underway for judgeships…and 3 seats are to be filled for supervisors on the Soil and Water Conservation District board.

Voters must also consider candidates for seats for state government. In Seminole County these offices include 3 state senators, 4 state house members, and then the state-wide races for governor and lieutenant governor, 3 cabinet members and our congressional seats — 1 for Senate and 3 in our area for the House of Representatives. And then there are the 9 proposed state constitutional amendments, initiatives and referenda to consider. The elections are the primary on Tuesday August 24 and the general election on Tuesday November 2.

In Voting Smart, our goal is to help you be a smarter voter… at least on Seminole County-specific issues — issues you and your neighbor confront most every day …the ones that deal mostly with your city, your school board, your county and your judges.