[CPEO-IRF] Cecil Field (FL) referendum ruling

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Judge strikes Cecil referendum from ballot


by Tony Quesada
The Business Journal of Jacksonville (FL)
September 15, 2006

A Circuit Court judge has ruled that a proposed referendum that would 
force the city to turn Cecil Commerce Center over to the Navy will not 
be on the Nov. 7 ballot.

Judge Bernard Nachman ruled that the referendum's ballot summary is 
misleading and that the proposed amendment exceeds the limited range 
referendums have to repeal or enact ordinances.

The referendum was introduced by VoteJacksonville.com, a political 
action committee. The group formed after Virginia failed to meet 
requirements set by the 2005 BRAC Commission for ensuring the Navy's 
East Coast master jet base remain at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.


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For the entire article, see
http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2006/09/11/daily31.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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