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NEWS 01D
By Bruce Cadwallader
Not only did a new park district nc!t get a $250 k e on the Nov. 3 ballot yesterday, hoiird
luelnbers 21 lso were to!d ri~ey'vealrcacl y vnr:cted it.
'I?o raise Inoney ibr p;i~:ks.,the reccr~tlyt'or~nedNew Albany Plain I..ocal I%rk District w;~nts
to colleci the fee froln ctviiryonc ivl~o131.1ysor builds a ho~nci n 1-hi:village c~ENett,.AI!-,any,
X'lairi 'I'ownshil-?and the New Allany-Phin scl~ooldistrict, said di'St2i hll. BidHrr, cl~airman(IT
the district.
':['he1::ranlt;linCotu-lty Hoard ( i f Elections said the park districl. didn't follow propa.
procedures to get the j:ist.ie on the ballot. '1'11edistrict approved a r.csolutio~:to adopt. the fke and
sent it 1.y
tc:) thc 13031-dof lf:lections, hoping ii ~voraldlard or1 tile ballot.
,!4.rnc-rngother things, Assistant C:'ount>;Pi-osecutor 1:)0~1gB~otvellsaid. tllc districi dicln't tell
r.he el.ectiont;~ { . K A I - i~t warlied the 1-kt.otl rl~eballot.
Karr said ycstctrday the intent \t'as ~ i i i aand
~ . t;ta,f'f'n~c~rtf>el-s
toid t}oard i;,Cficials tlleir
papt"rwcirk w;is in order,
"It is not millage. hul wc tnadt: i t- effective on all resident property oivners and 1-74' resol t~tion
i t ll~adetile rrlost sense to do i t t-l~e
most-democ~:ativv:ay a~lc!let tht: -votersdccidi:.."
Rrowei 1, legal counsi:i fbr the elections I~;zl:cI, said C)hi(:~latv is not clear whetl~ersuch a -fc:c;
!:la.; to be \.;otcd on. FJe said the park; district already passed it. hy its resolrit.ion..
13y p\.itting the isstrc.; on the l~allr!t, Karr said, the district's 1:oard also hoped to have the 1-ke
collected by- tl~ecounty auditor's of'l'ic;~:.which inorsitors deed trsnskrs. IZut I31.owell said ilhere
is nof~ing.i r ~the 11:;itvto a l10iv the auditor to do that.
I-Iesaid hrlt didn't ki:ct\v IIOW
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;t fee ivi.!~!ldhe collecteif.
'The electiorls board ea~iierhad rejected t-hfec as :;i 1~a.llotissue. By r.u-~anirlilouss
vole
ye.;li;rilay. it denied lian.':~protcst o f 1-lmtdecisior:.
'I'he Cr-sl~u-nhus
T3ispatch (Pnline: i5lrchivrrl Article
fi:<irrsitid iltierward [fiat Ile will let the park clisit-ict ofiiccrs ;Ieciclc ivl2et.i-ierto iippe:rl. 'I'hey
cot.lld go ro either Cornrnon Pleas Churl or tile Ohio Suy?reme ('i~urt.
Is1 ofhcl:r business yesterday, [he elet:tic-,nsboard arreed
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to piit A c,aadidrztei:m t\le ballot
vvhizse pi:iition !lad beer1 r(;iected Ai.1~.1.8.rcfilsed to rrmove anothi:r candidare allif refu:;ed
rcinslate a third:
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* Jolln Ncsser, a candidate for I...ocl;boij.me C'ity Cotrncil. won Itis appeal of'a njliug that he
]t.ns living a!. a iliffcre~iraddress Irom i 7 ~ :one tvhrtrc he is rr>gisiered.
?<esserp u t 1 1 Pli~nnSt. on his petiric!n !mt is regir;ti:rcd tc vote at 1121 (.'i)~n~nescc
St. '['he
bo2:u.d acccpred his rxplanatiu~~
that his corner pr!)ptrrriy has I\.V~I street aildresses. 1-1;. lives in A:
corwertcd barn on rlle IPlum S~reetside oi.th.e property.
Bc~,.iuse
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he htid heell in C-";x!ada fi!r a jriollth: he did not kliow sooner ilial the lloard xvas
questionil-~ghis perition.
* d?llxistine Vaughn, a carididate h r X.;ockbo~mieclerk-treasuri:.i., survived a cli;zllerlge thai
she does not. 1i.w ai tt 1 1 56:'0~1n1erct:
Si. in the vil iagc..
.lani: hdcJ:~nlti~-r,
wl~nis n.rnning :~gajt~st
Vaughn, anij o%t.ierxquestiouecl hc:r residency.
Vaurchn
., presented i!oet.~mentatii~~i
ar~dsaid iliere has been ronfilsioll because she owns [ivo
properties or1 the s~imestrcef. ;11-1clallows her seven ch.ildrer: ti! live there, i~~tcltriling
a, d~t.tghtc:r
-ivbo113srlae same first i ~ r l dmiiiclle 11ame as siie does.
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., stokes-Kiigorc.
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wl-iowanted to run for 1.Jpper i$rlington Ci(y 5:'ouncil. asked t l ~ c
i~oardto take ;Z scciirid 1t->c31(a! 211 candidate petitions aRer hers svas re.jei:iei.i ftsr iaek af valid
signrtt~jses.She did not deny tl12zt somr: of her supporters hail moved tvithoirt re-repisbexil~gto
vote ij.leir ~ I C X Vaddr.esscs.
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Depui!; E:leclior:s 1;slirector f<d tt:orlar.d said otlly St{.~kcs-Kilgore
did not haw.. rlie requirttd
ntirnher c~,fsigtwt\.ires.7'ke t>c-~~ti.d
voted to dei~yher rrqui;st.
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