District Court of Appeal of Florida

Order striking proposed ballot amendment is affirmed where the amendment met the procedural requirements for inclusion on the ballot, but reversed where the amendment did not violate the Florida Constitution since it did not remove the County Commission as the "governing body" of the County.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/31/2006
• Published 05/31/2006

Judges

• CORTIÑAS, Judge., Before WELLS, CORTIÑAS, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bruce S. Rogow, Fort Lauderdale;  Podhurst Orseck and Robert C. Josefsberg and Stephen F. Rosenthal, Miami, for appellant/cross-appellee., Stephen M. Cody, Coral Gables, for appellee/cross-appellant., Coffey & Wright and Kendall Coffey;  Sale & Kuehne and Benedict P. Kuehne, Miami;  Phillips, Richard & Rind and Mark Richard, for intervenors-appellees.