Sentences with phrase «one91 referendum questions»

Advertisements by the pro-HST side, for example, offer up accountants testifying to the job - creating benefits of the harmonized federal - provincial levy over the alternative specified in the referendum question, a reintroduction of the 7 % provincial sales tax — hardly the sort of stirring campaign rhetoric likely to rally a silent majority to its side.

Scotland votes «no» on independence: On Sept. 18, 2014, Scottish voters will answer a referendum question more than 300 years in the making: «Should Scotland become an independent country?»

The Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes yesterday's announcement that a referendum on transit funding in Metro Vancouver could be delayed, and urges the provincial government to push back the referendum date to June 30, 2015, in order to give the public ample time to consider the referendum question and its implications.

The group, headed by Du Page County Board member Michael Formento, is trying to collect 2,100 signatures in an effort to get three advisory referendum questions on the ballot.

On August 14th, the Park Board of Commissioners voted to place a referendum question on the November 6 general election ballot asking voters to choose whether or not to support a $ 39 million bond issue.

Gurnee Park District actions this year made Eileen Fiddyment and others angry enough to circulate petitions to get a referendum question on the November ballot that will ask voters whether the district should be dissolved.

If the voters decide to dissolve the district, Gurnee residents allied with Fiddyment would seek to re-establish a district in a referendum question in next March «s election and simultaneously field a slate of five candidates for a new park board.

The Glen Ellyn and Oak Brook Park Districts will proceed with a lawsuit Wednesday against the Du Page County Board of Election Commissioners despite a successful petition drive in Glen Ellyn to place three alternative referendum questions on the ballot.

The board then will decide whether to present the projects to the voters in one referendum question or in two or three referendum proposals on the November ballot.

The results of the advisory referendum questions will be discussed at the park board's April 1 meeting, board President Peter Hurtado said.

The Park Board voted unanimously last week to place a referendum question on the Nov. 2 ballot asking voters to approve purchase of the land and construction of playing fields and a facility.

Incumbent trustees Andy Stein, Beverly Sussman and Lester Ottenheimer along with write - in candidate Jeffrey Battinus have been invited to participate in the forum from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Village Bar & Grill, 48 Raupp Blvd.. The four, who are vying for three seats, will each have 20 minutes to offer a biography and explanation on why they are seeking office, their opinions on opportunities and challenges facing the village, their perspective on the downtown plan and whether they would support a communitywide referendum question on the plan.

Park Board attorney Bruno Tabis told the board that it might not have the authority to place a referendum question on a ballot because it doesn't have home - rule powers and that authority is denied by statewide park district code.

Newton noted there has been no discussion about any of the referenda questions recently and the board has provided little detail on any of the issues — such as where a potential community center could be built or what type of fee, if any, they would be considering for dog park permits.

Commissioners hope to make clear to voters that despite the wording of the referendum question, which calls for a 15 - cent hike in the corporate fund levy, the board has also promised a 15 - cent cut in the bond fund levy.

Under village law, 300 signatures, or 5 percent of the registered voters, are needed to get a referendum question on the ballot.

The proposed referendum question would be advisory only and ask voters whether up to $ 300,000 should be transferred from village coffers to the Park District each year for the next 15 years to help pay for a pool.

Stung by the overwhelmingly negative responses last month by residents to two advisory referendum questions about the $ 12 million health facility, the park board quietly agreed Tuesday to take final action to abandon its role in the project at its April 16 meeting.

The decision halts an election board hearing scheduled for Thursday to review petitions the group filed with the DuPage County Election Commission in December for a referendum question on the March 16 ballot.

Board Members approved a referendum question, stating that the Park District wanted the «will of the people» to prevail.

The three referendum questions proposed by the district would ask voters whether the district should build a $ 4.5 million swimming facility; whether the district should buy land to the east of Newton Park for expansion; and whether a task force should be formed to study the need, best location and financial alternatives of a new pool facility.

The March 20 referendum question will once again allow the «will of the people» to prevail.

Chiszar said voters who supported the tax increase referendum question that allowed the Park District to buy the area's last working farm wanted the land developed as a whole «unique piece of property.»

Cary Park Director Steve Cherveny said the referendum question will ask taxpayers to support a «25 - cent increase in the corporate fund,» which translates into an increase of $ 116 in property taxes for the owner of a $ 150,000 house.

If the referendum question is approved next month, a tax rate of 19.5 cents would be levied to develop the city's about 100 acres of park land.

Nonetheless, some experts caution that asking voters to consider two referendum questions on the November ballot might not produce the desired outcomes for either organization, in particular, if those casting ballots fear that supporting both measures would mean higher taxes.

GLEN ELLYN — A shortage of funds for capital projects has pushed the Glen Ellyn Park District Board to consider a referendum question for the April ballot.

The referendum question to form a Park District lost by 28 votes, while the proposition to raise taxes to support the district lost 1,852 - 1,423.

The park district's proposed referendum question could appear alongside a November ballot request from New Trier High School asking voters to approve $ 89 million in funding for a major renovation of the aging Winnetka campus.

But if the district «s suit fails and the petition drive is successful, the referendum questions favored by the petition drive organizers would appear on the ballot, according to officials.

But before the purchase could take place, voters would need to approve the plan through a referendum question in November.

Residents who successfully supported a $ 25 million bond referendum question in March to save the former convent site applauded the board's action.

Village President Rick Zirk is considering a referendum question, possibly for November, asking voters whether they want the village to continue to spend money on recreation or whether a separate park district should be created.

The residents gathered more than 5,400 signatures on petitions to persuade the Wilmette Park District to place a $ 25 million tax referendum question on the March 19 ballot to buy the land.

But it is contingent on the results of a referendum question the district wants included on the April 3 ballot.

Comparing that successful campaign with the Park District's recent failed attempt, Brissa said the Park District must do a better job of getting comments from residents before proposing new programs or referendum questions.

Goodman and other alliance members said they believe the referendum question can be approved.

The petitions urge the park district to ask taxpayers in a March 19 referendum question whether the district should kick in about $ 3 million from a 20 - year bond issue to help buy the land.

In a town where voters routinely approve money for new schools and additions, a $ 16 million referendum question to build an indoor recreation center and a new trail system in Naperville seemed like a walk in the park.

A new park district committee is dusting off the dormant «lakefront master plan» and pushing it forward, and Wilmette residents could see a bond issue referendum question as early as November 2014.

Complete implementation of the hot meals could take several years, because the district would need the kitchen facilities at Scullen Middle School, slated to open in fall 2001, and at two other new middle schools that are part of a $ 88.8 million referendum question.

You said, referring to the earlier votes, that, «The Cary district put two referendum questions to the voters in November — an $ 8.1 million bond issue to buy 80 acres of land and build a swim center and ballfields, and a tax - rate increase to operate the facilities.»

It's too late to place another referendum question on the November ballot, so the board has plenty of time to consider how to proceed, he said.

The Park District proposed the referendum question after 2,400 Barrington - area residents signed a petition in support of the property's purchase.

If the referendum question is approved, the district plans to renovate all 11 parks over the next three years, starting with Circle, Westlake and Seasons Four Parks this year.

Schultz left amid criticism after voters overwhelmingly defeated a referendum question to finance a controversial recreation center with an indoor pool and gymnasium.

Barring a sudden change of heart, a referendum question would be placed on the November or April 2009 election ballot.

Not a referendum question there.

How to phrase the Scottish independence referendum question?

However, it is the referendum question that is now benefiting the SNP.