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There is also a slim possibility that the referendum may not appear on the November ballot: The city election commission has been wrangling over the wording of the proposition's preamble.
...June 6 meeting, the four-member commission approved a compromise wording for the measure. But at a later meeting in August, Republican Commissioner Artis B. Spear, who had originally voted for the compromise, moved to reconsider the decision...
Edward J. Samp, the Republican who chairs the four-member Election Commission, says he opposed the wording at the July meeting because he believed it would mislead voters.
City Solicitor Russell B. Higley is now looking into the matter at Scheir's request, and if he decides that Samp was out of order in allowing the August motion, the earlier version will appear on the ballot. Otherwise, the commission may not be able to agree on the wording...
The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD)--where Schkolnick filed her complaint in December 1988--has still not reached a verdict. Last spring, the commission tabled a Fly Club motion to dismiss the case and announced it would reach a verdict based on currently available information. That decision ended months of...