Do Florida governments look to cancer as a model for urban planning?

Cancer has many similarities to Florida's local and state governments failed attempts to manage growth:

Aggressive
Cancer - cells grow without respect to normal limits
Florida's governments - developments are approved without regard for the affect they will have on roads, schools, water quality and supply, sewer systems, police and fire protection, libraries, wildlife, open and recreational space, and quality of life

Invasive
Cancer - invades and destroys adjacent tissue
Florida's governments - Florida has lost at least 84,000 acres of wetlands in the past 15 years

Metastatic
Cancer - spreads to other locations in the body
Florida's governments - Central Florida wants to siphon off 262 million gallons of water a day from the St. Johns River and its tributaries

What this means for Jacksonville
In addition to the above ills, cancerous growth in Jacksonville means JEA has to provide much MORE electricity from its coal-fired plants (and is even thinking of building a new one) which means more dangerous mercury emissions.

The solution: Take power from the government and give it to the people
Let the people decide want kind of growth they want in Florida, instead of the politicians. Visit floridahometowndemocracy.com to download, sign, and send in a petition to put the Florida Hometown Democracy Amendment on the ballot, giving voters a chance to decide if they want a say in Florida's future.