Do not impose taxation without a vote of those involved in an Assessment District drawn up by the powers to be, namely elected officials. The Section of the Elections Code is 9300. Supervisor Harry Moore did panic when he learned the 1,000 signatures were filed with the election department. Madelyn De Justo, Chief Deputy Registrar, wrote a letter on the subject to Peter Bohan, stating the above information. The right to react to an action taken by an elected body.
Referendums do carry a message.
We had better eliminate Section 9300 of the Election Code immediately if we want the voters to be able to let a City Council or the Board of Supervisors know that we are unhappy. First Sunday session of Novato City Council Sunday, September 10, a meeting was scheduled by the Council. It was canceled, but no one knew about it until we met at the Community House and read the notice tacked on the front door. Staff didn't know it had been canceled. Chris Richardson, Planner, and Dean Kendrick, T.V. camera person, attended, plus the maintenance crew to open up the building.