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Stories Posted on June 12, 2008
Organizers Don't Expect Success For 3 Petition Drives
Category: Initiative and Referendum · State: Nebraska · Source: KCSR Radio
Organizers of three petition efforts say they likely won't gather enough signatures to get their issues on the November ballot. Citizens for a Free Nebraska - which included some former Elkhorn residents - was gathering signatures for two initiatives.One would prevent annexation of a city without a vote of the residents. The other would let cities swallowed up regain their freedom by a vote of residents.
Union Pulls Two Ballot Proposals
Category: Right to Work · State: Colorado · Source: Denver Business Journal
The United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 said Wednesday it is removing two of its four potential ballot questions, including one that would increase commercial property tax by 5 percent and another that would require employers to provide annual cost-of-living increases. The measures were filed in response to Amendment 47, a so-called right-to-work ballot initiative that would bar unions from collecting mandatory dues in workplaces that engage in collective bargaining. UFCW President Ernest Duran said he agreed to remove the two counter measures after the Public Affairs Committee of the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce voted to oppose the union-supported measures as well as Amendment 47.