Bell v. Arel

The plaintiffs appeal from a Superior Court (Dunn, J.) decision approving a Master’s (Charles T. Gallagher, Esq.) ruling that the defendants had acted lawfully in refusing to place the plaintiffs’ proposed ordinance before the voters of Nashua. We affirm.

In September 1981, the plaintiffs, taxpayers of Nashua, submitted an initiative petition to the Nashua Board of Aldermen (the board), as permitted by the city charter. The petition, entitled “A Petition For Tax Relief For Nashua Citizens,” satisfied all the procedural requirements for submission under the city charter and contained the…