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Saturday, August 30, 2003
Monorail initiative hits the brakes till spring
Too few signatures, deadline looming
A group pushing to build a King Countywide monorail system has suspended its signature-gathering effort for Initiative 21, and will start over next spring, hoping to get the measure on the November 2004 ballot.
Citizens for King County Monorail was having trouble gathering the 45,000 valid signatures by the deadline of Sept. 29, a statement from the group said yesterday.
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The activists cited difficult requirements in King County for initiatives. First, the group has only 90 days to collect the 45,000 signatures. Second, the county has a number of requirements ranging from the size of paper to disallowing stray marks or words on petitions. Finally, if a voter signs a petition more than once, all the signatures are considered invalid.
"This campaign will continue -- deeper and stronger than before," said Karin Blakley, a Newcastle resident and steering committee member. "We have strong endorsements and we've learned a lot from this effort. We'll be even more effective in the spring."
The initiative calls for creating a commission to come up with a plan for the monorail system. The commission would then bring its plan before voters in two years. King County would finance the planning with $6.4 million.
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