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Uploaded: Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 5:08 PM
Signatures for Alamo study reach halfway mark
Incorporation forces working to get enough names for LAFCO study
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by Natalie O'Neill
| A little over a month has gone by since petitioners were first spotted perched in Alamo Plaza, clipboards tucked under their arms. In those five weeks, cityhood supporters have gathered more than half the signatures they need to initiate a Local Agency Formation Commission study on whether Alamo incorporation is financially practical.
Co-chairwomen of the petition drive Vicki Crockett and Barbara Munkner say they're on a roll.
"More than three-quarters of the people we've approached agree to sign the petition. They ask good questions and see the real benefits of incorporation right away," Munkner said.
The Alamo Incorporation Movement must obtain signatures from 25 percent of registered voters in Alamo - or 2,500 - in six months. And they are poised to gather 3,000 to assure that all names are Alamo residents and can be verified.
Chris Kenber, spokesman for the incorporation movement, said to him signing the petition is a no-brainer. It doesn't advocate Alamo's cityhood, it just advocates knowing more about Alamo's cityhood, he explained.
The LAFCO study takes one year to complete and if the agency gives Alamo the go-ahead, then more than 50 percent of the voters must support incorporation for it to pass. The vote would take place in spring 2009. Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by Catherine Hilton, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood, on Oct 11, 2007 at 9:20 am Dear Ms. O'Neill,
Mr. Kenber needs to explain his misstatement of FACT. The Incorporation Petition contains an incorporation proposal that specifies an autonomous goverment and city council under general law of California. This petition is part of an application to Contra Costa County LAFCo to form such an autonomous government without obligation to citizens' participation via commissions and committees allowable under the general law of California.
All study by LAFCo, under the general law of California, is to say YES or NO to incorporation proposal summarized in the petition and detailed in the LAFCo application for such a city incorporation.
Good reporting should clarify this misstatement,
Catherine
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Posted by Forest Warn, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood, on Oct 15, 2007 at 8:27 am There is an important question now that proponents of incorporation have more than 1500 signatures and opponents have more than 2000 listed supporters.
Does anyone have a good recipe for chicken salad?
Forest "Fore" Warn
seediesteye@yahoo.com
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Posted by Gabe Lathop, Alamo Ridge, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Oct 18, 2007 at 4:17 pm It must of been a senior moment for me, but I read this article to mean that each person only signed half their name and the volunteers were going to have to get the rest of each signature.
I could only imagine.
Good luck with incorporation, but don't copy Danville's mistakes and there are too many of them.
Gabe
One of the regulars at Yellow Wood's
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