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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <c...@springfieldmo.gov> Date: Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 9:32 AM Subject: City of Springfield News Release - Petition Certified for Movie Theater Alcohol Ban To: t.ma...@gmail.com The City Clerk's Office has finalized certification of signatures for an initiative petition to prohibit “family oriented” movie theaters from serving alcohol. The proposed ordinance originated with the Springfield DWI Task Force, which is an independent advocacy group, and is not a standing board or commission created by the City of Springfield. The petition needed 1,181 valid signatures in order to be certified. As of Dec. 22, 1,184 valid signatures were verified. Under the rules established by the City Charter, City Council now has 30 days to either adopt the proposal as an ordinance or place it on the ballot for the April 5, 2011, municipal election. It is anticipated that City Council will take public comment on the proposed ordinance at its Jan. 10, 2011 meeting,with final action taken by its Jan. 24 meeting. The rules for an initiative petition are outlined under section 14.1 of the City Charter, which states: “The electors shall have power to propose any ordinance, except an ordinance appropriating money and to adopt or reject the same at the polls, such power being known as the initiative. Any initiated ordinance may be submitted to the council by a petition signed by qualified electors of the City equal in number to at least ten percent of the total number of persons voting at the last general municipal election in April.” Springfield’s last April general election was held in 2009. The City Clerk uses the race with the highest number of total votes. In this case, it was the mayoral race, which garnered a total of 11,809 votes cast. Ten percent, rounded up to the nearest whole number, is 1,181. Signatures must be those of registered voters living within Springfield city limits. Signatures are certified by the City Clerk's office. For more information, contact: City Clerk Brenda Cirtin, (417) 864-1650. -- "no cause is lost if there is but one fool to fight for it" ~Will Turner~ ~Pirate's of the Caribbean @ World's End~ "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." ~Goethe www.moliberty.org http://417-political-pundit.blogspot.com The power to tax involves the power to destroy. ~Justice John Marshall~ Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -Pericles (430 B.C.) A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law. ~Justice John Marshall~ -- This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever.
