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SITKANS v. CITY & BOROUGH OF SITKA

No. S-13394.

274 P.3d 486 (2012)

SITKANS FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT, Michael Litman, and Jeffery Farvour, Appellants, v. CITY & BOROUGH OF SITKA and Colleen Pellett, Municipal Clerk, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Geldhof , Law Office of Joseph W. Geldhof, Juneau, for Appellants.

Theresa Hillhouse , Municipal Attorney, Sitka, for Appellee City & Borough of Sitka, Michael Gatti and Leila R. Kimbrell , Wohlforth, Johnson, Brecht, Cartledge & Brooking, Anchorage, for Appellee Colleen Pellett, Municipal Clerk.

Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, FABE, WINFREE, and STOWERS, Justices.

OPINION

CARPENETI, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Citizens sought a ballot initiative eliminating the special regulations that govern real property transactions in a local economic development area. After the municipal clerk twice denied the petition for a ballot initiative, the sponsors sued for an order placing the initiative on the ballot. Finding the petition to be both contrary to existing law and misleading, the superior court upheld...

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