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The City of Big Spring shot down imposing term limits back in January after the League of United Latin American Citizens came out against them. Now, voters may have a chance to weigh in. A concerned citizens group has been passing around a petition to put it on the ballot. NewsWest 9 was there when the Concerned Citizens of Big Spring turned in their petitions Monday afternoon. “The change is that we are limiting councilmen, councilwomen any one elected Mayor, no more than two terms in their present office. After two terms they have to sit out for two terms,” Steven Campbell said.
Midland isn’t the only West Texas town calling for new term limits. The City Charter Committee in Big Spring will meet on Tuesday night to discuss the limits and initiative referendum. The committee will vote on recommendations for these issues. If they are approved by the city, then Big Spring voters will get the final say in next years elections.
The Big Spring City Council Tuesday approved Mayor Tommy Duncan’s recommendation to form a special committee to look at city council term limits, as well as “initiative and referendum”. Mayor Duncan is suggesting two, three year terms as the limit for a person to serve on city council. Initiative and referendum, says Duncan, would offer voters more opportunity to affect decisions on larger projects in the future, whether it be to promote a project concept, or to repeal something already put in place by a city council.
It’s been a hot topic for months that’s now headed to a courtroom. On Monday night, several people in Big Spring made a decision to go up against the City Council. They’re even bringing in watchdog groups from as far away as Virginia. On Monday night, the Concerned Citizens Council met at the Howard County Library and voted to file a lawsuit against the City of Big Spring for what they call an illegal meeting. They claim city leaders used an emergency meeting about valuations to dismiss their petition - calling for an election.
It’s been a hot topic for months that’s now headed to a courtroom. On Monday night, several people in Big Spring made a decision to go up against the City Council. They’re even bringing in watchdog groups from as far away as Virginia. On Monday night, the Concerned Citizens Council met at the Howard County Library and voted to file a lawsuit against the City of Big Spring for what they call an illegal meeting. They claim city leaders used an emergency meeting about valuations to dismiss their petition - calling for an election.
A citizens group in Big Spring is threatening to sue the city after the City Council found a tax rollback petition was invalid. The Concerned Citizens of Big Spring had circulated a petition around town calling for a tax roll back election. The Big Spring City Council voted back in September to raise taxes to build a new pool, but the Concerned Citizens want the issue to got to a vote.