Lakewood minicasino ban appears headed to ballot
The group trying to rid Lakewood of minicasinos appears to have collected enough signatures to put its initiative on the ballot.
City voters would make the final decision as part of the busy general election in November.
City Manager Andrew Neiditz told the Lakewood City Council Monday night that he spoke with Pierce County Auditor Pat McCarthy’s office earlier in the day. The county said that after an initial count of all signatures gathered in the city’s first-ever citizen initiative campaign, 3,904 are valid.