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Originally Posted by automaton 3
A municipality stepping on a citizen's initiative just smells bad. I suspect the Court will take a hard look at this one should the citizen's group bring an application.
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It only smells bad if you actively want it to smell bad. Separate yourself from the "relcoate the Coyotes" aspect and just look at it in general. What you are basically suggesting is that the city be forced to accept any and every initiative that
claims to have met the requirements without any real process to validate it. That simply opens the door to widespread fraud.
We will probably see, however, if the courts decide whatever defects exist are fatal to the petition, which is also a fair check and balance.