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by katebradshaw
Any issue that makes it onto a ballot with the exception, maybe, of the question of whether the majority of kittens should be allowed to live will be oversimplified into embarrassingly hyperbolic and barely accurate - terms. The Hometown Democracy debate is framed in a similarly black-and-white manner. Environmentalists embrace the concept as a way to curb sprawl.
Developers, those dealing in real estate, and the business community vehemently oppose it, as do many local governments (St. Pete Beach adopted the resolution condemning it), yet some politicians and community leaders recognize that the referendum items implications are complex, and are adopting more nuanced takes on the issue.
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