Word: petitioner
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After an extensive debate, the council voted to send a "home-rule" petition to the state legislature, asking that the city be allowed to charge developers a fee of three dollars per square foot on new construction that exceeds 30,000 square feet in area. The money raised by these...
Should the home-rule petition be adopted by the state, it would return to the council, which would then have the option of passing legislation to implement it.
Clark has drawn fire from students and faculty for his decision this summer to eliminate the school's public interest placement office in an effort to cut costs. Despite his promise to transfer the office's responsibilities to a general placement office, 1055 law students have signed a petition demanding...
As of Friday, according to Harmon, about 900 first-year students had signed the petition, which objects to the randomization plan.
"Speaking with Jewett on Friday made me realize that the petition is not what is going to change his mind," said Harmon. "But we ought to finish what we have already begun."