Beware of the fake (astro-turf) groups commenting online re Amendment 3, like the anti-3 "Floridians For Fair Taxes, Not Corporate Handouts"

Beware of the fake (astro-turf) groups commenting online re Amendment 3, like the anti-3 "Floridians For Fair Taxes, Not Corporate Handouts"

As I have previously posted on my blog, my Twitter feed and just a few minutes ago on NextDoor, for the past few months, NextDoor has been inundated by several south Broward residents/ stakeholders opposed to Amendment 3, using fliers/mailers and AI-created elements that in some cases specifically list the sponsoring org as something called, not surprisingly, "Floridians For Fair Taxes, Not Corporate Handouts." 

They are pretty easy to find, but attached is one I have seen on several posts.

For the record, for all the reasons I've written about on my blog and on Twitter, I am a VERY strong YES vote for Amendment 3.

People are entitled to think or vote however they want, it matters not to me, but what I DO think we can all agree on about NextDoor, a site that has NOT always been very reliable or accurate in the past, is that when people choose to share their own thoughts on a particular public policy matter AND back that up by linking to a website or attaching fliers/mailers and AI-created elements to some individual, group, organization or source, they should post to ACTUAL individuals or orgs that follow Florida state law, NOT by creating imaginary individuals or groups that do NOT exist or do NOT report to the Florida's Secretary of State's office, as required by law.
As you can see from the screenshot I've attached, at bottom, in 2026, there is no registered group on the Florida Secretary of State's searchable database named "Floridians For Fair Taxes, Not Corporate Handouts"


(Leaving aside for now the fact that I originally signed up to NextDoor seven years ago to hear about matters related to Hollywood, NOT to Cooper City, NOT to Pembroke Pines, and NOT to Fort Lauderdale.)

I have BLOCKED several of those "people" on NextDoor who have rather suddenly appeared out-of-nowhere to sign up in order to post, and then seem to only post about Amendment 3, usually using that same fake "Floridians For Fair Taxes, Not Corporate Handouts" material.

Regardless of how you feel about this one issue, I suggest that you do the same thing and BLOCK them when you come across them, because nobody needs to see self-evident disinformation from people or groups who think they can successfully get away with manipulating you, because experience teaches us that they will keep doing trying to fool you in the future.

https://dos.fl.gov/elections/search/?q=Floridians+For+Fair+Taxes%2C+Not+Corporate+Handouts

Dave 

David Bruce Smith

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