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Ballot initiatives fail, but petition drive efforts continue
A pair of petition drives — one in opposition to the city's plans for Jaycee Park, the other to overturn Cape Coral City Council's controversial stipend — failed to garner enough signatures to make it onto the ballot in November. Although Cape Coral Preservation PAC and Save Jaycee Park did not collect enough signatures to force referendums, their efforts will continue, organizers said. “We have a group of volunteers that are not going to give up,” Clare Dooley said. The group met Saturday at Jaycee Park, which marked the end of their petition drive to Save Jaycee Park and Rescind the Stipends. The group had 90 days to collect enough signatures to get the initiates on the ...