Word: petitioners
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Though Herschler's bankruptcy petition showed $9.4 million in debts, the Governor estimates that the actual figure will be somewhere between $4.8 million and $6.75 million. His listed assets total $7,518,000 but include a $7.5 million claim against one of his partners. Herschler, 66, is a Democrat serving...
Under Massachusetts law, ordinary citizens can file a petition demanding that a certain measure which the government has not adopted be referred to the voters. When presented with a legally certified initiative petition, a city council must either enact the proposed ordinance or put it on the ballot. In this...
What some city councilors fail to realize is that no matter how flawed an initiative petition may seem, direct ballot access for ordinary citizens must be preserved. Only the courts can decide whether a law is constitutional or not.
In an unprecedented move two weeks ago, the city council placed a referendum on the November ballot asking voters to petition the state to prevent Harvard from selling rent-controlled dwellings to professors on a priority basis.
At that hearing the commission heard a petition to extend Wurthaus' liquor license allowing it to serve liquor at its sidewalk tables. Trying to compromise with strong community opposition, McDavitt suggested that Wursthaus owner Frank Cardullo be permitted to serve liquor at his outdoor tables from Thursday to Sunday. This...