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InMendham.com Proposition #6: [merged Library]
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InMendham.com Proposition #6: [merged Library]
     By 07. 07. on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 10:00 pm: |
The mayor and town council have the free ability to put referendums or initiatives on election ballots. Unfortunately, they rarely exercise this authority...Why? ... Plane corrupt Fear of public interest and scrutiny?
Unlike like petitions, and media gauges of public opinion, ballot questions (fairly phrased) are the only practically reliable way to measure popular (voter) opinion.... and someone (I guess that would have to be me) should challenge the council to permit public participation, through referendum, in the making of significant public policy decisions. So...
InMendham.com Proposition #6 (Draft of a suggested ballot initiative to be submitted to the town council for consideration after at least three participants on this message board provide their endorsement of the text)
For years the governments of Mendham Borough and Mendham Township, have been working towards the creation of a merged Library of the Mendhams. Although it is expected that there will be substantial private contribution to the costs of construction and operation, it is proposed that some $3 million of public resources will offset construction costs, and an annual increase of some $250,000 (in excess of the public funds now supporting the individual libraries) is to be provided for annual operational costs. It should also be noted that there are some issues of controversy regarding the proposed location of the library, and the implications of development incentives exchanged to procure property for the library. WOULD it be your command, that your local government officials thoroughly analyze, publicly debate, and fairly consider discontinuing any further investment in this planned EXPANSION of the public's responsibility to subsidize public library services. [YES] [NO] |
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