I have been asked to answer several questions, they are all related.

 How is the BCC enhanced by the addition of two at large?When I was selected to serve on the CRC, SMD form of government was a problem to me. The SMD form of government in this area had a bad history, if you don't learn from past mistakes you are bound to repeat them. The SMD was voted out in this county because people were upset because they had people voting on things that concerned them, but were not responsible to them. 80% of the commissioners who voted on issues concerning me were not responsible to me. This is not a representative government.Duval county has a combination of at large and SMD and it appears the people feel they are well represented.St John's county went from five at large to five SMD. The people were so unhappy that the next election cycle they back to five at large. 100% of the comm. is responsible to 100%of the people.We faced the same problem here that we faced in the past, so rather then have a re-run we attempted to fix it. We added two at large with a Chair. These are elected by all the people and responsible to all the people. So now you have a local representaive who will take to the BCC issues concerning their district and you have at large reps, which will look at the county as a whole. Some where in the middle, compromise is the art of politics, is where the best solutions which will benefit the county as a whole. That is how SMD is enhanced and will benefit the people of the county. The people under the five /two will have three elected commissioners to call instead of one.The other question there is a difference between copying and using as a model.