Legislators tuning into protest petitions
Cross-posted from Capital Beat.
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Back in 1971 Greensboro lost the protest petition. Now the voices that say residents should get it back are getting the attention of local legislators.
(Don't know what I'm talking about. Read up: here / here / here / here.)
Rep. Pricey Harrison said this morning she has requested a bill be drafted that would repeal Greensboro's exemption from protest petition law. At least four other members of Guilford County's legislative delegation (Reps. Earl Jones and Alma Adams and Sen. Katie Dorsett, all Greensboro Democrats and Greensboro Republican Rep. John Blust) are aware of the issue and disposed to look at it.
If the delegation does decide to move forward, it won't be easy necessarily.
"I've briefly looked at the law," Blust said. "I do want to find out why in the world was Greensboro exempted. It seems like something that should be applied evenly across the state."
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it is time for Greensboro to accept Protest Petition as a part of the zoning process like every other city in this state.
Posted on March 11, 2008 6:48 PM