Bunch told Council, "You're proposing to erect barriers and delays and obfuscation to the powers reserved to the people by the charter for initiative, referendum and recall. Your proposal violates the city charter itself and is therefore completely illegal under state law."
Watson said, "The city attorney has asked that we withdraw this item and bring it back at another point in time so the city attorney's office can look into a question that has been raised."
Levinski explained to the Austin Monitor that the proposed ordinance includes a provision that the city clerk has 10 days to approve the form petitioners are required to use in collecting signatures.
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