Title

"this just in" piece on LD 389, a bill that passed the House last week, and woul

Authors

Sam Pfeifle

Source

Portland Phoenix

Date

5-30-2003

Pages

5

Abstract

"this just in" piece on LD 389, a bill that passed the House last week, and would repeal the law that makes it possible for citizens to initiate a petition for a referendum in order to place a retroactive moratorium on building projects after a planning board has approved them. Rep. Ed Suslovic, D-Portland, sponsor of the bill, noted that affordable-housing developers are being scared off by fears that they will invest money in planning a project, only to see the projects held up by unhappy citizens. Opponents of the measure say it takes away the final check in local governmental checks and balances.

Subjects

Bills, Legislative, Referendums, Suslovic, Ed

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