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PINELLAS COUNTY v. EIGHT IS ENOUGH IN PINELLAS

Nos. 2D99-836, 2D99-846.

775 So.2d 317 (2000)

PINELLAS COUNTY, Karleen F. DeBlaker, as Clerk of the Circuit Court, W. Fred Petty, as Tax Collector, Everett S. Rice, as Sheriff, Dorothy W. Ruggles, as Supervisor of Elections, Jim Smith, as Property Appraiser, and Clair Johnson, Appellants, v. EIGHT IS ENOUGH IN PINELLAS, a Political Committee, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied August 8, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenza van Assenderp of Young, van Assenderp & Varnadoe, Tallahassee; and Susan Churuti, County Attorney, and Sarah Richardson, Senior Assistant County Attorney, Clearwater, for Appellants Pinellas County, DeBlaker, Petty, Rice, Ruggles and Smith.

Marion Hale of Johnson, Blakley, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, P.A., Clearwater, for Appellant Johnson. Michael S. Hooker and Guy P. McConnell of Glenn Rasmussen & Fogarty, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.

BLUE, Acting Chief Judge.

This case asks us to review trial court orders that uphold the validity of two citizens' ballot initiatives that amended the Pinellas County Charter to add term limits. The appellants, collectively referred to hereinafter as the "County," argue that term limits cannot be added to the charter by ballot initiative; rather, the County argues, this type of change must be proposed by the Florida Legislature as an amendment to the special law that...

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