State ex rel. Committee for the Charter Amendment for an Elected Law Director v. City of Bay Village

{¶ 1} This is an expedited election action for a writ of mandamus to compel a city, its city council, and the clerk of council to submit a proposed charter amendment to the electorate at the November 6, 2007 election. Because relators failed to comply with the personal-knowledge requirement of S.Ct.Prac.R. X(4)(B), we dismiss the cause.

{¶ 2} Relators Lucian A. Dade, Karen Dade, and Eric Hansen are electors, residents, and taxpayers of respondent city of Bay Village, Ohio. The individual relators formed a committee and decided to circulate and file a petition proposing a charter amendment.…