Rent Control Petition Recalled

If you signed the Human Rights Party rent control petition before the beginning of this week, be prepared to sign it again. Due to a major typographical error, the original petition has been recalled and another is now on the streets. Just so you can easily tell the difference, the corrected rent control petition is orange rather than blue like the defective one.

The error involved an omitted phrase in Section 19.6 (f) of the charter amendment proposal. Corrected, the phrase should read, "The maximum monthly rent shall be adjusted upward only for the reasons contained in this section..,(1) non-delinquent property taxes; (2) actual and reasonable operating expenses; (3) actual and reasonable maintenance expenses; and (4) Utilities expenses..."

Still being circulated are the HRP petition to require city funding for child care, and another by students in the U-M Pilot Program for door-to-door voter registration. All these proposals need about 4,000 signatures to appear on the ballot, and must be completed by early January. People interested in circulating the petitions can call the HRP office, 761-6650 or Marshal Clayton, Pilot Program, 764-5907