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Taxpayer Protection Intitiative
A group of local concerned citizens has prepared an initiative petition to place the Taxpayer Protection Initiative on the November ballot for Prescott City elections. The initiative will amend the City of Prescott Charter to require a vote for most city projects with a value of $40 million or more, including the Big Chino Pipeline Project. Although the Big Chino Pipeline Project is undoubtedly the spark for this citizen initiative, the measure covers all municipal projects. The initiative defines projects in a way that makes it difficult to circumvent the voter approval requirement by breaking projects up into sub-projects of less than $40 million. However, exemptions to the voter requirement are provided for certain public health and safety and legally mandated projects.
To get the Initiative on the November ballot, we need to collect 3400 signatures of registered Prescott voters by July 3.
The Sierra Club Yavapai Group strongly endorses and supports this petition, so we urge our Prescott members to sign the petition, to vote in the November municipal election: YES on the Taxpayer Protection Initiative. The Citizens Water Advocacy Group has also endorsed the proposal.
You can help! The committee needs circulators. It's so easy that it's fun! For info on the petition, email info@taxpayerprotectioncommittee.com, or call Brad from the Taxpayer Protection Commitee at 499-7726.
"Save The Verde" Signs Contest
Once upon a time, Burma Shave signs were a marketing sensation along American roadways. Six signs were placed along the road about 100 yards apart, each with a fragment of a jingle. As you drove past the series of signs, you got the whole message. For example: "TRAINS DON'T WANDER", "ALL OVER THE MAP", "FOR NO ONE", "SITS ON THE", "ENGINEER'S LAP", "Burma Shave."
Help us have some fun with a series of signs bringing attention to our Save The Verde campaign. We want to erect a series of signs ending with "Save The Verde". Will you enter our contest and suggest some creative signs?
Rules: The wording must fit on a 18x54 inch sign; contest ends Aug 31, limit three entries per person; the last sign must always be Panel of judges to be composed of the Excomm with their decisions final. Only one prize awarded per individual, consisting of a one year Sierra membership or renewal. Winners will be published on the website. Send entries to Tom Slaback by email to prescottkid@peoplepc.com.
We are looking for landowners to allow us to put up the signs, especially along Hwys 89, 89A, and 69 and will give extra credit in the judging (or one of the memberships) if the entry includes the place to install the signs.
This page was last updated on June 5, 2009