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Committee OKs drafting of home‑rule petition to restrict sale and use of 'escars'
Summary
The Charter & Rules committee voted to put a home‑rule petition into formal legal form so the full Holyoke City Council can consider locally restricting the sale and use of 'escars'; the solicitor provided draft language modeled on other cities.
The Holyoke City Council Committee on Charter and Rules voted on May 6 to put a home‑rule petition into legal form that would seek local authority to prevent the sale and use of "escars," according to the committee chair.
The petition, filed by Councilors McGrath Smith and Rick Purcell, would ask the Massachusetts Legislature to grant the city the power to regulate the sale and use of…
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