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RESOLUTION NO. 3757
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, IN
OPPOSITION TO PROPOSAL TO MAKE LOCAL
ELECTIVE OFFICES PARTISAN.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
DOES DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the principles, aims, purposes and
platforms of national political parties have both historical sig-
nificance and every-day application in matters of both state and
n~tional government. That problems of local government, both city
and county, differ largely from the problems of state and federal
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governments, and the principles, aims, purposes and platforms of
national political parties hav~ no relationship to nor direct
bearing upon the problems of local government or rendition of local
services. That to inject the platforms and policies of national
parties into local government by requiring or even permitting the
designation of party affiliation on local election ballots will
inject irrelevant issues into local politics, can serve only to
confuse rather than to assist the local electorate, and will be
harmful rather than helpfUl to local government;
SECTION 2. That the members of this Council, consisting
as it does of members of both major nat~onal parties and though
frequently divided in its opinion on many matters, is nevertheless
unanimous, both individually and as members of this Council, in
opposing strenuously any attempts to inject into local government
national party politics or policies, and in opposing any measure
heretofore introduced or that may hereafter be proposed, the pur-
pose or effect of which may be to cause or permit identification
of candidates in local elections by the designation of their national
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party affiliation, and does hereby urge the members of the Cali-
fornia State Legislature to defeat any such measure that may come
before it.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this resolution and shall forward certified copies of State
Senator Thomas M. Rees, to State Assemblymen Houston I. Flournoy,
Harvey Johnson and John L. E. Collier, to the League of California
Cities, and to the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Arcadia held on the 2ND day of
FEBRUARY
, 1965, by the affirma-
tive vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES:
COUNCILMEN BALSER, CONSIDINE, FORMAN, REIBOLD AND TURNER
NOES:
NONE
ABSENT : NONE
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City Clerk of the City of Arcadia
SIGNED AND APPROVED this 2 ND day of FEBRUARY , 1965.
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