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IN RE INITIATIVE TO PREVENT SALE

No. 273 C.D. 2011

20 A.3d 549 (2011)

In re: Petition for INITIATIVE TO PREVENT the SALE AND/OR LEASE OF GRACEDALE FILED WITH the NORTHAMPTON COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION ON JANUARY 18, 2011. Appeal of: County of Northampton and John Stoffa.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 12, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Stewart , Harrisburg, for appellants.

Lawrence M. Otter , Doylestown, for appellee Gracedale Initiative Petition Committee.

John R. Bielski , Philadelphia, for appellee Ellen Weiss.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, President Judge, and PELLEGRINI, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge, and BROBSON, Judge, and McCULLOUGH, Judge.

OPINION BY Judge PELLEGRINI.

John Stoffa (Mr. Stoffa), the County Executive of Northampton County, and the County of Northampton (together, Objectors) appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County (trial court) denying their objection to the Gracedale Ballot Initiative Petition (Initiative) alleging that the Initiative violated Article XI, Section 1101(b) of the Northampton County Home Rule Charter. Because the initiative does not extend...

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