The organizer of a short-term rental petition said a handful of signatures have been removed after the mayor questioned the legality of the group’s Sip & Sign event.
In a radio interview last week Mayor Rick Meehan raised concerns about an ongoing petition drive to bring the city’s new short-term rental restrictions to referendum. Specifically, the mayor opined that some of the group’s events, including a Sip & Sign event, violated state election law, as it offered items of value in exchange for a signature.
“I’m sure that from the petitioners, they weren’t aware of this,” he said in an Ocean 98.1 interview. “So it’s not casting any stones in that direction, but I do want to state I do believe they’ve taken it to another level that does not fit state law, and that’s a problem.”
Terry Miller, the petition’s organizer, said that as of last Friday, five signatures gathered at one Sip & Sign event had been removed. Two other events, including a Blizzard giveaway at the local Dairy Queen, and a second Sip & Sign, had been canceled in the hours following the mayor’s radio interview.
“It was a rookie mistake …,” she said. “The one event at the Sip & Sign at the liquor store, we did pull the five signatures that were received.”
In separate social media posts, the petition group OCMD Property Rights advertised three petition drive events – one at the Gold Coast Dairy Queen and two at the Gold Coast Beer, Wine & Liquors store.
Instead of fussing about rentals you need to focus on eliminating the hood culture that is constantly coming to OC from New York, New Jersey, and Baltimore.
Something bad is going to happen with opposing thug gangs, and innocent people will be hurt