Will Don Fisher Fight to Keep Prop H on the Ballot?Paul Hogarthbyline‚ Aug. 27‚ 2007On August 24th, BART Director Tom Radulovich, who heads Transportation for a Livable City, sued to remove Proposition H – the Downtown Parking Initiative – from the November ballot. The measure’s petition that proponents had distributed, as well as the City Attorney’s official ballot description, includes false statements about City parking policy and misleading information about Prop H. Given that the Elections Department removed the Bayview Referendum last year on a questionable technicality about signature gathering, it is only reasonable that Radulovich’s lawsuit should prevail. Removing Prop H should also be a mere formality, as Republican sponsor Don Fisher agreed earlier this month to let the parking initiative die a quiet death – after cutting a deal with Supervisor Aaron Peskin. If Fisher and his Downtown cronies contest Radulovich’s suit and fight to keep Prop H on the ballot, we know that their word means nothing. |