A petition to change the current Iowa City Charter, which would reduce the number of signatures needed to put forth a city council initiative or referendum vote, has started to circulate around Iowa City. Martha Hampel and Caroline Dieterle are part of a group that is collecting signatures for the petition. Hampel said the purposed […]
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The Iowa City Charter faces revisions, may see changes to exclusive petition policy
Our founding fathers thought petitioning the government was such an important right, they put it right there in the First Amendment to the Constitution. It doesn’t …
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City commission mulls big changes to the Iowa City government, invites public to comment
The Iowa City Charter Review Commission is hosting a community discussion at the Iowa City Public Library (Meeting Room A) tonight at 6 p.m. regarding a series…
