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We The People – Wenatchee
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January 27th, 2011
City of Wenatchee:
Mayor Dennis Johnson and City Councilmembers Jim Bailey, Tony Veeder, Karen Rutherford, Doug Miller, Mark Kulaas, Don Gurnard, & Carolyn Case
RE: Wenatchee Initiative No. 1 — Let The People Decide on Red Light Cameras in Wenatchee
Dear Mr. Mayor and City Council members:
This letter provides you with our official notification that, starting today, we will work very hard over the coming weeks and months to collect enough signatures – at least 2,273 valid ones – on petitions for Wenatchee Initiative No. 1 to ensure a reconsideration of Ordinance #2009-10, adopted by the City Council on March 12, 2009, concerning automatic ticketing cameras. We are targeting the May ballot.
We firmly believe that Wenatchee’s citizens oppose this Big Brother, profit-making policy and oppose the process by which it was adopted. Our signature drive for Wenatchee Initiative No. 1 will give the citizens of this community the chance to decide this issue. Here’s what Wenatchee I-1 does:
- Repeals government-imposed automatic ticketing cameras in Wenatchee
- Requires Wenatchee’s city government to get voter approval if they try again
- Removes the profit-motive by limiting fines
- Protects democracy and due process
The language of the petition is clear: We, the undersigned voters of Wenatchee, require that, unless passed by the City Council, this ordinance – Wenatchee Initiative No. 1 – be submitted to a vote of the registered voters of the city of Wenatchee, subject to the requirements of RCW 35.17.260.
Please notify us immediately by telephone at (509) 387-6235 if there are any additional actions we are required to take followed by a letter providing that information. If you have any questions, please call.
Respectively submitted,
Matt Erickson Nick Sherwood Alex Rion Tim Eyman
We The People BanCams.com WA Campaign for Liberty VotersWantMoreChoices.com
Wenatchee
cc: Attorney Richard Stephens – Groen, Stephens, & Klinge Law Firm
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