ELECTION

In November, city council voted to place the measure on the ballot after the citizen-initiated petition proposing the item exceeded the required threshold of 3,628 signatures.

In February, city council passed a resolution opposing the measure to make it clear that the ballot item came from a citizen-initiated petition, not from council.

Don Bruns, who helped circulate the petition for the ballot measure, said he was very disappointed the city took a stance on the ballot measure.

“If they really believed in fair elections, they would have kept their mouth shut and let the citizens decide,” he said.

He also said the city council is more interested in money from developers than in listening to citizens.

“We moved here because we valued Littleton’s open space character, the greenery,” he said. “ is council – the only greenery they love is the money that comes into their pockets.”

Marchetti, who was a poll watcher for the election, said the votes were