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Local taxpayer watchdog group the Citizens Tax Committee has taken a stand in favor of the Taxpayer Protection Initiative that will be on Prescott’s general election ballot on Nov. 3. A press release from the Taxpayer Initiative Committee reported that the CTC - longtime advocates of conservative fiscal principles - recently endorsed the initiative that would require a vote of Prescott citizens on any city project that exceeds $40 million.

The mystery surrounding the unknown person or group behind phone polls opposing the Taxpayer Protection Committee’s initiative continues. Through late Monday afternoon, Prescott City Clerk Elizabeth Burke said she hadn’t received any paperwork from a committee to formally oppose the initiative. “No one has filed anything with me, so it’s kind of the same place it was before,” she said. The initiative, which is on the Nov. 1 ballot, would require that large city projects totaling $40 million or more must go to a vote of the people.

An initiative that would require that large city projects, such as the Big Chino Water Ranch, must go to a vote of the people is going onto the Nov. 1 ballot. Prescott City Clerk Elizabeth Burke reported that she certified the signature verification process Thursday for the initiative petitions. “They do have enough signatures, and (the initiative) will be on the ballot,” Burke said Thursday morning.

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A new committee formed recently with the goal of supporting the 0.75-percent sales tax extension that the City of Prescott will be taking to voters in September. The campaign committee, called “Vote YES for Streets,” will be conducting a number of open house discussions on the topic in coming weeks. One of the open-house meetings will take place tonight, and two more are still to come in late June and mid-July.

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A “wrinkle” in the Taxpayer Protection Committee’s attempt to get a voter initiative on the ballot this fall will make things more difficult for the group, but apparently will not derail the effort. Committee Chairman Brad DeVries and Treasurer John Danforth both said Thursday that they are proceeding as planned, despite an early-June ruling by the City of Prescott that increases the required number of signatures.

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