Voters rejected by overwhelming numbers the proposal to abolish our current charter and replace with a new 53 page charter which would have made the Mayor's office even more powerful than it already is. Throughout the city voters could inherently tell something was not right about the proposal to not change but completely replace our current city charter. The Charter Commission led by some with their own agenda attempted to take enornmous amounts of checks and balances, as well as, voter power away from the people of the city. Voters saw right through their plan and said their proposal went way too far.
The final vote was 5013 NO votes (57%) and only 3739 YES votes (43%) despite an organized push in favor of it by the Chamber of Commerce and Business Taxpayers Association.
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