Thursday, January 17, 2013
Signature collectors will be out until Sunday.
The referundum to stop the Quiktrip move is short 79 valid signatures, but the petitioners have until Sunday to rectify that. The Maplewood City Council voted on Nov. 27 to allow QuikTrip to move its Maplewood store from the current location on Big Bend Boulevard to the northwest corner of Big Bend and Manchester Road, but if a citizen referendum is successful in collecting 1,038 valid signatures, the council will be forced to revote, and if the measure passes a second time it will go to the voters to decide in the April election. Referendum petitioner Tonya Powell said out of 1099 signatures submitted, only 959 were valid. "Over 100 signatures were from folks who said they were registered and either weren't registered voters at all, or …
Friday, December 28, 2012
The petition has 1,099 signatures, which is more than needed to trigger a referendum.
For those not wanting to see a QuikTrip next to the Maplewood Richmond Heights high school and middle school, yesterday was one step toward that goal. Powell and Ken Cohen turned in petitions containing 1,099 signatures to the Maplewood city clerk Thursday afternoon. "It's one step in a marathon," organizer Tonya Powell said. They’re hoping that of those, the St. Louis County Election Board will validate 1,038, which would trigger the referendum process on the ordinance that allowed QuikTrip to move from its location on Big Bend Boulevard to the northwest corner of Big Bend and Manchester Road. Powell and Cohen are part of a group not wanting a generation four QuikTrip built on the corner, mainly for reasons of student safety, they say. …
Monday, December 3, 2012
QuikTrip Referendum Process Begins, Here's How it Works
Last Tuesday the Maplewood City Council passed an ordinance allowing QuikTrip to relocate from its current spot to the corner of Big Bend Boulevard and Manchester Road. The corner is adjacent to the Maplewood Richmond Heights high school and middle school buildings. Maplewood resident and MRH parent Tonya Powell threatened a referendum if it passed, and has now followed through. Powell said she and Maplewood residents Beverly Tronicek, Jeff Wiggs, Jason Dodson and Jim Ablin are the referendum committee. They signed the affidavit to begin the process. They need signatures from 1,038 registered voters in the city of Maplewood within 30 days of the referendum committee's signatures. If they don't get enough signatures, the ordinance stands. …
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2:09 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013
Thank you to all the great supporters who are contacting us through the previous articles asking how you can sign our petition! If anyone is trying to find out how to sign, please email me at tpowell63143@gmail.com and one of us will set up an appointment to get your signature. Thanks! more ›