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A '''Wauwatosa City Council Reduction Question''' will be on the [[April 3, 2012 ballot measures in Wisconsin|April 3, 2012]] ballot in the city of Wauwatosa which is in [[Milwaukee County, Wisconsin ballot measures|Milwaukee County]].
A '''Wauwatosa City Council Reduction Question''' was on the [[April 3, 2012 ballot measures in Wisconsin|April 3, 2012]] ballot in the city of Wauwatosa which is in [[Milwaukee County, Wisconsin ballot measures|Milwaukee County]].


This measure is an advisory question and will ask residents if they think the city council should be reduced in numbers. The question will not specify the number of members the new reduced council will have, members noted that they just wanted to gauge public opinion on the issue. A council member had proposed that the issue be binding, but others felt it was too quick to eliminate members so it was moved to be just an advisory question.<ref>[http://wauwatosa.patch.com/articles/one-referendum-wins-applause-another-gets-hisses-from-committee ''Wauwatosa Patch'', "One Referendum Wins Applause, Another Gets Hisses from Committee," January 12, 2012]</ref>
This measure was '''approved'''
* '''YES''' 8,145 {{approved}}
* '''NO''' 3,127 <ref>[http://www.wauwatosa.net/DocumentView.aspx?DID=941 ''Wauwatosa City'', April Election Results]</ref>
 
This measure was an advisory question and asked residents if they thought the city council should be reduced in numbers. The question did not specify the number of members the new reduced council would have, members noted that they just wanted to gauge public opinion on the issue. A council member had proposed that the issue be binding, but others felt it was too quick to eliminate members so it was moved to be just an advisory question.<ref>[http://wauwatosa.patch.com/articles/one-referendum-wins-applause-another-gets-hisses-from-committee ''Wauwatosa Patch'', "One Referendum Wins Applause, Another Gets Hisses from Committee," January 12, 2012]</ref>


==Additional reading==
==Additional reading==

Revision as of 20:02, 6 April 2012

A Wauwatosa City Council Reduction Question was on the April 3, 2012 ballot in the city of Wauwatosa which is in Milwaukee County.

This measure was approved

  • YES 8,145 Approveda
  • NO 3,127 [1]

This measure was an advisory question and asked residents if they thought the city council should be reduced in numbers. The question did not specify the number of members the new reduced council would have, members noted that they just wanted to gauge public opinion on the issue. A council member had proposed that the issue be binding, but others felt it was too quick to eliminate members so it was moved to be just an advisory question.[2]

Additional reading

References

  1. ↑ Wauwatosa City, April Election Results
  2. ↑ Wauwatosa Patch, "One Referendum Wins Applause, Another Gets Hisses from Committee," January 12, 2012
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