El Toro Airport Foes Must Restart Petitions
An Orange County judge ruled Tuesday that supporters of a plan to build a park instead of an international airport must start over in collecting voter signatures to put an initiative on the March ballot.
It is the fourth time since May that supporters of a park at the former El Toro Marine Base will have to restart their signature drive, raising serious doubts about whether they have enough time to get the 71,206 valid signatures required by the Sept. 18 deadline.
But initiative supporters vowed Tuesday to appeal. They said they will continue collecting signatures with the current wording.
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