March
14 , 2005
The
Animal and Ecological Terrorist Bill passed the state Legislature
and now goes to Governor Napolitano. This is the identical
bill that the Governor vetoed last year.
ADLA thanks the following lawmakers who opposed this bad legislation:
Representatives Aguirre, Alvarez, Bradley, Burton Cahill,
Cajero Bedford, Downing, Gallardo, Garcia, Hershberger, Kirkpatrick,
Landrum Taylor, Lopes, Lopez, Lujan, McCune Davis, Meza, Miranda,
O'Halleran, Prezelski, Reagan, Rios, Sinema, Tom, and Tully.
Senators Aguirre, Arzberger, Brotherton, Cheuvront, Garcia,
Giffords, Hale, Miranda, Mitchell, Rios, and Soltero.
House
Vote Detail
Senate
Vote Detail
Call to Stop Another Attack on Voting Rights
This
week, please call your Representatives and ask them to oppose
HB 2053: municipal ballot measures; signatures (Huffman).
HB
2053 has appeared in various forms over the last several years
and has either been rejected by the Legislature or vetoed
by two different governors.
HB2053
makes it more difficult for citizens to put a zoning referendum
on the ballot in smaller cities and towns. It allows cities
and towns of less than 50,000 people to change the signature
requirement for a referendum from a percentage of those who
voted in the last city general election for mayor or council
to a percentage of those who voted in the last presidential
or gubernatorial election, whichever occurred last. That means
more signatures will be required - more than double in some
instances.
Because
people only have 30 days to gather signatures for a local
measure, allowing this change and increasing the number of
signatures in this manner will raise the hurdle significantly
for a local referendum. This bill would set tougher standards
for referenda in smaller communities than for large ones.
Why should it be easier to do a zoning referendum in Tucson
than it is in Marana?
(Information
from Sierra Club Lobbyist Sandy Bahr)
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