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Port Richey Dissolution Referendum Gets Green Light
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Published: March 12, 2009
PORT RICHEY - On May 20, the city will have its 84th birthday as an incorporated community.
It could be right around that time residents will decide whether the city will see an 85th anniversary.
On Tuesday, City Council voted 3-2 to approve on second reading an ordinance calling for a referendum that will ask voters to decide whether the city will continue to exist or be dissolved and absorbed into unincorporated Pasco County.
Despite the gravity of the issue and a long history of City Hall fireworks, the vote to give the final go-ahead to the ordinance went off in a subdued manner.
As was the case with the previous two votes on the dissolution referendum, Councilmen Phil Abts, Perry Bean and Mark Hashim were in favor and Mayor Richard Rober and Councilman Steve O'Neill were opposed.
Also as at prior meetings, the issue brought several residents to council chambers. Many took their turn at the speakers stand and put their thoughts and opinions on the public record.
Read more on this story in Saturday's edition of The Suncoast News.
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