Marihelen

I am writing to you to urge you to consider voting to permit the 
district wide voting initiative on the ballot. The single member 
district vote was conducted under false information with "endorsements" 
from individuals and organizations who did not endorse the proposal. 
This campaign was conducted without sufficient time for a counter 
response to be developed. It was an underhanded attempt to manipulate 
the voters. As such, it is only reasonable for the issue to be brought 
before the citizens of Alachua County for an honest, well informed vote. 
On a personal level, it does not make sense to me that a body that 
represents the county should hold office based on a narrowed voter 
selection. It seems that we should be able to vote for all candidates in 
much the same way, we elect school board members who are voted on by the 
citizens of the county but represent a specified geographic region.

Thank you for your representation, and for your concern for fairness 
within our community

Kathryn (Kathy) Funke, PhD

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