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Carolyn Naber, president, Pasadena First
the story thus far
In June, 2005, the Pasadena City Council
"effectively pulled the city out of the running [for an NFL franchise], when it failed to act to continue negotiations with the league."
Pasadena City Councilmember Chris Holden, who favored continuing negotiations with the National Football League, responded by launching a successful initiative campaign to qualify a ballot measure that would have re-instated the City of Pasadena as an active bidder for an NFL team in Southern California.
That initiative,
Measure A, is currently slated to appear on a consolidated Los Angeles County ballot on November 7, 2006. The question that Measure A puts to Pasadena voters is: "Shall the
ordinance providing for the National Football League renovation of the Rose Bowl Stadium for professional football use and for lease of the Rose Bowl Stadium to the National Football League be adopted? (YES/NO)"
another party heard from
The
Pasadena First Political Action Committee "is a coalition of community groups and residents from neighborhoods throughout Pasadena who are concerned with the attempted giveaway of our National Historic Landmark Rose Bowl and Pasadena’s largest park, the Arroyo Seco, to a profit making enterprise of billionaire NFL team owners. The proposed ballot initiative in reality is a thick contract with plenty of fine print that benefits the NFL at the expense of the citizens of Pasadena. PASADENA FIRST p.a.c. has been primarily formed to oppose this foolish and ill-advised initiative."
the other party's president explains Pasadena First's case against Measure A
Pasadena First has
gone to court to take Measure A off the November ballot, claiming that it is an unconstitutional attempt to bring about an administrative action through a process (the initiative process) that is reserved under the law solely for the purpose of enacting legislation.
Etopia News's
California Politics Today spoke this morning about this case with Carolyn Naber, president of Pasadena First.
You can listen to what Pasadena First present Carolyn Naber had to say about this case, in its entirety, by clicking on the appropriate button in the
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more about Pasadena First
Pasadena First "advocates on behalf of “quality of life” issues and for the protection of our neighborhoods, parklands and historic resources in the City of Pasadena, and may from time to time either oppose or support various developments and measures within the City of Pasadena."
For more information about Pasadena First, click
here.
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