Sonoran News
After multiple requests to rezoning his residential property on Vermeersch Road to commercial were voted down, T.C. Thorstenson decided to register a political action committee called Citizens for a Commercial Event Center, and proceeded to collect initiative petition signatures as a means to rezone his property. Thorstenson showed up at town hall to turn in his petitions on Dec. 8 with approximately 135 signatures only to learn the deadline was Nov. 8 for any initiative to appear on the March ballot.
Councilman Doug Stavoe’s initiative for council term limits has been certified to appear on the March 8 ballot as Proposition 421. Stavoe believes term limits will provide more opportunities for citizens to become involved in the town’s government and, as a result, more will be informed as to how the town operates. Jim Peirce’s two property tax initiatives have also been certified to appear on the March ballot.