[imc-st.louis] St. Louis City To Be Audited

[ben]

Hi Don,

Sounds like great news.  I'm suprised that nearly 30% of the petition
signatures were deemed "invalid," such that you met the margin by only
~500sigs.  Is this the attrition rate you were expecting?  Do you have any
thoughts on possible problems with the pettioning processing that lead to
so many sigs being rejected?

Fitzdon at aol.com wrote:
> Gateway Green Alliance/Green Party of St. Louis
> P.O. Box 8094, St. Louis MO  63156
> 314-727-8554  E-mail: fitzdon at aol.com  www.gateway-greens.org
>
> For immediate release: September 27, 2007
>
> Contact: Don Fitz, 314-727-8554; Daniel Romano, 771-8576
>
> Issues now go beyond lead poisoning
>
> St. Louis City To Be Audited
>
> September 27, 2007. St. Louis, Missouri.  According to Missouri State
> Auditor
> Susan Montee, CPA, there WILL be an audit of the City of St. Louis.  State
> law requires that a citizens' petition for a municipal audit have enough
> valid
> signatures to equal 5% of those who voted for governor in the most recent
> election.  For St. Louis, that would be 7,192 signatures.  Montee's office
> counted
> 10,842 signatures that were turned in and determined that 7,715 were
> valid.  A
> press conference announcing the successful petition effort will be at:


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