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Submitted by Thad Curtz on Sat, 08/16/2008 - 10:45am.
Well... I got back from two weeks in Montana, mostly off the grid, to find another new group in town about to start running an actual initiative campaign about exploring putting a park on the isthmus (apparently the first ever in the city??) I'd like it better if the content were more like a levy, so people were actually signing or voting about paying for it, but apparently there are a lot of legal limits on what you can actually do by initiative in Oly. (In particular, you can't levy any taxes, and you can't amend the comprehensive plan, etc.) The petition and instructions are at: http://groups.google.com/group/olycapitolparkfoundation/web/welcome There's also a press release with a little more information. |
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