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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-21 Declaring Vail Town Council's Opposition to Amendment 12RESOLUTION NO. 21 SERIES OF 1994 A RESOLUTION DECLARING VAIL TOWN COUNCIL'S OPPOSITION TO AMENpMENT 12, WHICH WILL APPEAR ON THE NOVEMBER $, 1994 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. WHEREAS, Amendment 12 would open the initiative, referendum and recall petition process to widespread fraud by making signature validation on such petitions virtually unworkable; and WHEREAS, taxpayers would be forced to pay for printing of petitions and provisions of other services to private petitioners; and WHEREAS, by removing critical voter identification and anti-fraud requirements, thus permitting non-residents to sign petitions, Amendment 12 would impair local voters control of their initiative, referendum and recall processes; and WHEREAS, Amendment 12 contains numerous provisions designed to prevent voters from receiving any objective information concerning a ballot issue or its fiscal impact from their local governments; and WHEREAS, Amendment 12 will divert millions of tax dollars away from public purposes and into the pockets of ballot issue promoters and political candidates via a campaign contributors tax credit scheme; and WHEREAS, Amendment 12 would potentially open every governmental action, including bid awards, personnel matters and permit decisions to petition, expensive delays and endless elections; and WHEREAS, Amendment 12 would be a dream come true for community crackpots, malcontents and fringe groups, because it radically reduces the number of signatures required to force publicly financed initiative, referendum and recall elections; and WHEREAS, Amendment 12 is so ambiguous and badly written that thousand of taxpayer dollars in attorney fees and court time will be required to determine what it actually means; and WHEREAS, Amendment 12's reduced signature and anti-fraud requirements, combined with mandated delays of effective dates would provide a potent tool to small political cliques that want to frustrate or delay public projects; and WHEREAS, Amendment 12 deals with a multitude of issues which conceal various provisions from public understanding and scrutiny. Resohition Nn. 27 ,Series of 1994 1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Vail, Colorado that: 1. Amendment 12 is hereby opposed because it would be severely detriments! to the Town and its citizens. 2. Citizens are encouraged to become fully informed about all of the details of the Amendment and its effects on them, their community and their state before voting on November 6. 3. The citizens of the Town are encouraged to vote "NO" on Amendment 12. INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of October, 1994. M~fgaret A. Osterfoss, M or ATTEST: rn~,rr~P i'~ u~-eka,~x~ Holly L. McCutcheon, Tawn Clerk C:1gESOLl194.22 Resolution (V0. 2i, Series of 1994 m m ~, n ~ o a00 O as o _o CR Q I~ Q T~ O c Q n Q 7 a 0 J o m O C 7 0 5 m no m 3 m a p c cD QmmaQ o a 7 N m o a C iC Cn rt o m 4 a a o o 3 m Q_ a aa a v a O 0 C o m ~a Q Q 3 a m m j m Q Q g a Q 0 ~0 a~n fn o m m m D N C aa m m o ~°0 m N o o OD n Q rn Q 0 ~ ~ GJ J Q ~ .0 N o ~ ~ a ,~ coop a O 3 m 7 ~ n m ~ O ~ .~ om m Qo~ o ~ o A ~ 0 ~ Q 3 N Q ~ d Q rt a N Q m p ~D a o ~Z vo a Z s~~no 0 X O ~ v°o~ 0 ^ Qa"'m° O p 0 7C G D ~p 3 n nQC Q ~a O o 0 0 o Q o~D o no oo a~. N Q m 3 m m 3 m ~ rt y m ~ n j n ~ m Q ~ ~pC ~ o-° a go a ° 3 a s 1 O ~ Z m O O o D p m ~ u v v0 0 O O C n 1 Z n 7 N Q ~ .~ 4~ m3 g} gg ~~ 9 ~~a ~~ ~N ~ n gw `p~~~ N X71, ~ ~~ Q3 i ~ i Km, N + 3a ~ Qx g Ci 5~ F~y e ~ ~a~• * ~ ~ 7 ~N ~ 3 ~~c ~ Till .~ • g