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RESOLUTION #980629 <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, each year, April elections have traditionally been reserved for local municipal <br />and school issues; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, these public elections were imentionally left to issues that had no relationship <br />to partisan politics; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the State General Assembly selected the April 1999 election to vote on the issue <br />of concealed weapons and on a Presidential Primary; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, these State-mandated elections would certainly dwarf any local campaigns that <br />would include school board and City Council candidates and various local tax issues; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the really important issues of who will govern our cities and schools would be <br />drowned out by the presence of a greatly increased turnout of voters who have no knowledge or <br />interest in the local issues. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of University City objects <br />to the use of the April 1999 election date for the purpose of voting on other than local candidates and <br />issues; and <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Missouri General Assembly and the Governor make <br />every effort to avoid usurping the April elections of each year for anything other than local <br />candidates and issues. <br /> <br />Passed this d~q <br /> <br />day of June, 1998. <br /> <br />AT/~ST: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />