Petition may send Giorgetti bond issue back to polls
1:50 p.m.
By Gordon Dritschilo
Staff Writer - Published: March 30, 2011
The Giorgetti Arena bond appears to be headed back to the polls.
A group of Rutland residents turned in a petition at the City Clerk's office early this afternoon they said has about 750 signatures calling for a second vote on the $3.9 million bond. John Mattison, who spoke for the group, said they had sheets of additional names they planned to turn in the next day.
City Clerk Henry Heck said it would be a couple days before his office would be able to verify the signatures. If the total number of legitimate signatures reaches one-fifth of the number of registered voters in the city -- a number just under 600 -- a special election will be scheduled for 60 days from Thursday.
Heck estimated a special election will cost around $5,000.
Voters at town meeting approved the bond by a margin of about 100 votes
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