MOORPARK MAY SEE CHALLENGE TO SOAR MEASURE; OPPONENTS SAY LANGUAGE FAULTY.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande and David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Daily News Staff Writers The Libertarian Party The Libertarian party was founded in Colorado in 1971 and held its first convention in Denver in 1972. In 1972 it fielded John Hospers for president and Theodora Nathan for vice president in the U.S. general election. lost a bid Thursday to derail de·rail intr. & tr.v. de·railed, de·rail·ing, de·rails 1. To run or cause to run off the rails. 2. the SOAR initiatives in Ventura County and four cities, but may have another chance to challenge the ballot measure in Moorpark. Judge Roland Purnell ruled that because the county supervisors and city councils had placed the the open-space preservation measure on the ballot under their own authority rather than relying on the petition process, the party's challenge of the 70,000 signatures wasn't in dispute. But Purnell apparently didn't realize that in voting Thursday night to place the Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources initiative on the ballot, the Moorpark City Council based its action on local signatures gathered by some 50 volunteers. ``What is obvious to me was the judge said that all the cities that chose to put it on themselves solved the problem themselves,'' SOAR leader Steve Bennett The name Steve Bennett refers to more than one person:
In fact, an attorney for the Libertarian Party vowed late Thursday afternoon to challenge the Moorpark petitions, claiming that the language on the documents is legally faulty. ``We intend to bring the Moorpark matter before the court (again) sometime next week,'' William Weilbacher said. While it could have taken the initiative out of firing range of a Libertarian Party challenge, the Moorpark council unanimously chose not to, despite urging from Mayor Patrick Hunter Patrick Edward Hunter (born October 24, 1964 in San Francisco, California) is a former American football cornerback who played 10 seasons for the Seattle Seahawks and the Arizona Cardinals from 1986 to 1995. , Councilman John Wozniak
John Wozniak (born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on January 19, 1971) is an American musician. and nearly a dozen SOAR supporters to do so. ``We've done exactly what we're required to do,'' Councilman Chris Evans, a vocal opponent of the Moorpark SOAR initiative, said after the meeting. ``I don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. what every other city in the world has put on the ballot. I care about Moorpark.'' The Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. , Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , Oxnard and Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. city councils used their own authority to place the initiatives before voters. SOAR proponents said they have filed papers with the city to begin another petition drive to force the issue at a special election if the initiative is left off the ballot this year. The Moorpark SOAR initiative and the city-sponsored preservation measures differ in several significant ways. The city's initiative leaves the City Urban Restriction Boundary, the area in which development can occur without a vote of the people, exactly as it is drawn in the General Plan. The SOAR initiative takes several planning areas out of consideration for development, including the site on which the massive Hidden Creek Ranch project is proposed. Other differences are a later start date, easier criteria by which the council can petition to amend the urban boundary, and a larger amount of land that can be transferred to the boundary zone in any given year. Evans said he pushed the city's effort out of concern that the SOAR initiative leaves Moorpark vulnerable to legal challenges - especially by the Hidden Creek developers - and because city officials had no input in crafting the SOAR initiative. In a related action Wednesday, the City Council also voted to put two bond issues before the voters. The first would cost owners of single-family homes up to $80 per year for 10 years to purchase open space. The second would cost them up to $40 and raise up to $500,000 for the city to pay for any legal challenges that might arise from either the SOAR initiative or the city-sponsored measure. |
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