Royal Oak ballots will ask if a memorial should move back where it was
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Royal Oak rejects veterans petition for vote to halt memorial move
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A petition seeking a citywide vote on Royal Oak s plans to move a veterans memorial has been rejected as legally insufficient, a city official told organizers this week.
City officials want to move the Royal Oak Veterans Memorial 40 feet from its current location south of the public library to expand paved areas for walking as part of a planned park known as Centennial Commons.
City clerk Melanie Halas sent one of the petition drive s organizers, Edward Burkhardt, emails on April 21 and May 4 indicating that enough of the 1,000 signatures on the petitions were valid to put the issue on the November ballot.
Royal Oak veterans press for voters to decide if memorial moves
Opponents of plans to move the Royal Oak Veterans Memorial say they have turned in more than 1,000 petition signatures in a bid to put the issue before the city s voters in November.
John Williams, adjutant of American Legion Post # 253 in Royal Oak, said new signatures were submitted to the city clerk’s office this week, adding to 300 other signatures veterans gathered last month on petitions. Five percent of the turnout in the most recent municipal general election or about 665 votes is needed to place the initiative on the ballot.