FACT Seeks Activists to Keep Score as Officials Vote

FACT is looking for civic activists who follow government affairs to assist in the development of SCORECARD, a project designed to compare and evaluate the votes of elected officials and inform voters.

We are particularly interested in votes relating to pollution, environmental issues, local neighborhood concerns, tax policy, citizen access to government, growth management and the prudent use of tax money.

If you have been active lobbying for or against proposals coming before city or county commissioners and would like us to include the resulting votes on SCORECARD, please contact us. We need to know:

1. Issues involved in the vote. Please include at least a brief background to the vote, the position of your organization and the reasons for that position.
2. Identification of the vote or votes. (Resolution number, date of vote, agenda page and item number, or any other information to enable us to locate it in the minutes of the meeting in question, and determine its exact wording.)
3. The vote of each commissioner. If a voice vote was used, it may be difficult to tell how each commissioner voted. If you are present and speaking about the vote, you should as for a roll-call vote. A record of the Channel 8 broadcast of the meeting may help determine the votes. Without a roll-call vote or further identification, we assume that all votes were unanimous with no abstentions.)

Mail will be forwarded if addressed to her Gainesville home, 1702 S.W. 35th Pl., 32608. Information can also be mailed c/o FACT, P.B. Box 7221, Gainesville, 32608. Her freenet E-mail address is dian@freenet.ufl.edu., but she prefers input by mail.