On October 9th, Dave Hayes and Dave Breeden delivered petitions containing 400 signatures to the Ocean City. Because Ocean City is a Faulkner Act community,<\/p>\n
a petition for a referendum requires 10% of the voters in the previous year’s municipal election. In our case, 3,980 voters participated in the 2017 May election and we required 398 signatures to trigger a referendum, a number that we met.<\/p>\n
The city\u00a0did not accept our petitions and referenced a different section of the state law that requires 15% of the registered voters in the 2017 election, or 597 signatures.<\/p>\n
Consequently, we are continuing to circulate petitions for signature while pursuing our legal options.<\/p>\n
We have found that many people in the community are very upset with the City’s attempts to mislead the public concerning this unfortunate land deal.<\/p>\n
Please call Dave Breeden at 609-399-8354 and\u00a0we will\u00a0bring a petition for you to sign.<\/p>\n
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” Every time we turn our heads the other way- when we tolerate what we know to be wrong- when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy, too frightened-<\/p>\n
when we fail to speak up and speak out, we strike a blow against freedom and dignity and justice.”- Robert F. Kennedy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On October 9th, Dave Hayes and Dave Breeden delivered petitions containing 400 signatures to the Ocean City. Because Ocean City is a Faulkner Act community, a petition for a referendum requires 10% of the voters in the previous year’s municipal election. In our case, 3,980 voters participated in the 2017 May election and we required …<\/p>\n