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HINDERS v. CITY OF AMES

No. 67650.

329 N.W.2d 654 (1983)

Thomas H. HINDERS, Appellee, v. CITY OF AMES, Iowa, F. Paul Goodland, Mayor, Larry R. Curtis, Charles L. Hammer, Mary Atherly, John Parks, John Thurston, Georgene Shank, City Council, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Klaus, City Atty., Ames, for appellants.

Rex B. Gilchrist, Ames, for appellee.

Considered by LeGRAND, P.J., and McCORMICK, McGIVERIN, LARSON, and SCHULTZ, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

This action began when the plaintiff filed a petition for writ of mandamus to compel the Ames city council to submit to the voters a proposal to discontinue the operation of the city's electric utility and sell all the assets. The city and council members answered claiming that the plaintiff's requested change did not constitute a valid "proposal" within the meaning of Iowa Code section 388.2 (1981) (providing...

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