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Referendum fails to overturn the extension due to not meeting the participation threshold.

Yipee :-)

Any commentary from parties?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 06:17:44 PM EST

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Neue Parkzonen:Bürgerbegehren ist gescheitert - Berlin - Berliner Kurier		New Parking Zones: Referendum has failed - Berlin - Berliner Kurier
Matthias Schulze (34), einer der Initiatoren des Bürgerbegehrens, versuchte, dem Ergebnis noch etwas Positives abzuringen: "Es ist toll, dass an die 80 Prozent der Leute, die abstimmten, gegen die neuen Parkzonen waren." Dort hatte der Bezirk im April Automaten aufgestellt, die zum Teil bis 22 Uhr mit bis zu 50 Cent pro 15 Minuten gefüttert werden müssen.		Matthias Schulze (34), one of the initiators of the referendum, tried to see a silver line in the result: "it's cool that 80% of the people who voted were against the new parking zones." The district had placed machines in those areas in early April, which in part have to be fed 50 cents per quarter hour, until 10 PM.
Die Bürgerinitiative habe trotz Niederlage viel erreicht, sagt Baustadtrat Ephraim Gothe (SPD). Die Kosten für eine Anwohner-Plakette sanken von 50 auf 20,40 Euro für zwei Jahre und das Bezirksamt hat sich festgelegt, in Wedding, Moabit und in der Luisenstadt keine Parkzonen einzurichten.		In spite of its defeat, the citizen's initiative has achieved many thing, according to councillor for construction Ephraim Gotte (SPD). The price for a resident's certificate went down from 50 to 20,40 euros for two years and the district council had committed not to establish parking zones in Wedding, Moabit and the Luisenstadt.

Of course, promises never last. Furthermore, this still leaves a few parts of Mitte - Hansaviertel, Oranienburger Vorstadt, Tiergarten - open to expansion. But Prenzlauer Berg is probably up first (part of the Pankow district).

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 07:30:01 PM EST
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