Editorial: Let the public see all the petitions for arena ballot measure
The entire effort for a ballot measure on the proposed downtown Sacramento arena has been messy, with the public left in the dark too often.
People who want a vote on the arena subsidy accuse city officials of hiding the ball on how much taxpayers would actually fork over. But they’re not doing themselves any favors by playing games with their petitions.
They should be straight with voters and release all the various petitions they submitted last month. James Cathcart, a leader of Sacramento Taxpayers Opposed to Pork, told The Sacramento Bee’s editorial board Wednesday that he doesn’t know if that will happen.
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