While petition sponsors know it's too late to get it on this November's ballot, their real intent is to get the referendum in place. That would freeze the tax increase until a special election can be held in June or the next municipal election in November 2013.
Councilman Hans V. Andersen, a proponent and sponsor of the referendum, said he was aware a tax hike was coming as early as a year ago and indicated the city knew the same. "They will tell people this freeze will hurt," Andersen said. "This is my way of saying the voters need to be involved with this. Last year they knew an increase was coming and they didn't tell anybody."
Andersen also is suggesting there are a variety of areas where city administration and department heads could still find money without hurting the level of service in the city. He suggests several ideas. The first is to stop paying nearly $1 million on a null contract between Nordstrom, Woodbury Corp. and the city.
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