Connecticut ballot news
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Wilton residents may see liquor question on ballot
WILTON, Connecticut:The Wilton Liquor Sales Initiative may appear on the November 3, 2009 ballot in Fairfield County, Connecticut in the town of Wilton. If enacted, the measure would allow the sale of liquor in the town in places other than restaurants.
The group Wilton for Wine, is supporting a measure that would allow for packaging stores in the area. The group had until August 10, 2009 to submit signatures, but beat their own deadline of August 1, 2009. Residents are now awaiting word from the Town Clerk's office on whether or not the signatures are valid.[1]
Mansfield budget clears referendum vote
MANSFIELD, Connecticut: Voters approved a $43,010,137 city budget with 897 in favor and 474 opposed, despite fewer turnout than the previous year's budget referendum. The near 2-to-1 margin defeated a referendum that was called in response to a petition, with more than 400 signatures, circulated by the same group that petitioned for a referendum last year. The referendum reaffirms the May 12 Annual Town Meeting paper-ballot vote, when the budget passed 463 to 89. It is estimated the tax rate will increase because of an anticipated drop of more than $1 million in state and federal revenues.[2]
Sterling tackles zoning referendum
STERLING, Connecticut: This month, Sterling residents will voice their opinion on the zoning regulation referendum. The city is one of the last towns in Connecticut to adopt zoning regulations. Prior to scheduling a date for the referendum, July 15, Selectman Dale Clark said that he was concerned that the town would be left without any land-use rules because the current state-permitted five-year term of the land use ordinance expires July 23, 2009. The proposal calls for the town to adopt an ordinance designating the Planning Commission as the Planning and Zoning Commission and to establish a Zoning Board of Appeals. First Selectman Russell Gray, one of the measure's supporters, emphasized that a referendum would be the best way to tackle the zoning decision because the issue has been controversial in the past.
In April 2008, voters rejected a proposal to create a planning and zoning commission by a vote of 98-81. Twenty years prior, the town accepted zoning regulations but quickly rejected them after what was described as a small change to the size of house lots became a wide-ranging set of regulations.[3]
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