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Voters rejected the initiative, which would have largely taken zoning decisions out of the city council’s hands. But Dale Tyler, one of the initiative’s authors, says there will be other opportunities to get such a measure passed.
Voters will decide today whether to strip the city council of some of its zoning powers. The debate continues, however, on how much impact the initiative would have.
Councilwoman Cathy Schlicht sued the city over Right to Vote initiative and then asked to be reimbursed for expenses she incurred on her day in court.
Lawyer who fought the city in court over its ballot argument says claims it is wrong to say that the measure will kill business in the city.
The so-called Right to Vote initiative will make it impossible for businesses to expand, said Geoffrey Willis, a local land use attorney.
Cathy Schlicht spent a day in court challenging the city’s ballot argument for Right to Vote initiative. Now she wants reimbursement for parking and mileage expenses.
That is what the new Mission Viejo Republican Club hopes to accomplish. But burying the hatchet will be tough.
The amount of the city’s budget deficit is just about equal to costs relating to two special elections coming up in June.