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Griffiths: <br /> <br />No one knows for certain. I would <br />argue that, because of the process <br />that we've set up here, we've set up <br />a 48 hour period in which anyone can <br />come in and challenge the title. If <br />no one challenges it within the 48 <br />hour period, arguably, they've lost <br />the ability to challenge that. I <br />couldn't swear to you that a Court <br />would find that. It's possible that <br />someone could wait until after the <br />election and try to challenge it at <br />that point. <br /> <br />Sisk: <br /> <br />The risk that we run would be that <br />we could go through the laborious <br />process of getting the initiative, <br />passing the initiative, and then <br />having it questioned in Court, and <br />then we lose the initiative. <br /> <br />Griffiths agreed that there was a risk. <br /> <br />Sisk: <br /> <br />What would be your position, if we <br />have it on the 6th and the <br />initiative passes? Would there be <br />appealable issues at that stage? <br /> <br />Griffiths: <br /> <br />No. The essence is that we have a <br />risk by proceeding tonight, which we <br />would not have, if we proceeded on <br />the 6th. <br /> <br />Mayer: <br /> <br />Once the petitioners have collected <br />their petitions, does the Council <br />have an option of referring the <br />ballot issue to the ballot? Can the <br />city, at that point, say this is a <br />referred issue, therefore, it's a <br />moot point, as to what happens with <br />the title? <br /> <br />Griffiths: <br /> <br />The other option is that, if the <br />title is set tonight, petitions are <br />circulated, and enough signatures <br />are collected, the next step in the <br />process is that the petitions are <br />submitted to the City Clerk. She <br />determines if enough signatures <br />exist to require that it go in the <br />ballot. If she finds that there are <br />enough signatures, then she submits <br /> <br /> <br />