GREAAAAAT NEWS

Below is a quote from the 10/19/10 morning call:
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"Now that the Election Commission has accepted the application, council solicitor Phil Lauer said, the advocates can begin collecting signatures on a petition. They must gather enough signatures to equal 10 percent of the number of voters registered for the last election. That works out to 19,896 signatures, Department of State data show.

Once the signatures are gathered, Lauer said, the Election Commission must decide whether to certify the petition. Only then does County Council get 60 days to weigh in. If the time elapses and council does nothing, the question goes on the ballot. The voters' decision is binding, he said, citing language in the charter.
The citizens group behind the move, the Gracedale Coalition for Alzheimer's Families, has experience canvassing the public; the group collected about 4,000 signatures on an informal appeal.

Mario Martinez, one of 15 residents calling for the ballot initiative, said preventing a sale or lease agreement for five years would give the nursing home time to correct its problems.
"If they can't fix the problems that exist within that time frame," he said, "and it was considered to be for sale then, we wouldn't have anything to say about it."
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It appears that Rev. Martinez was right...God has answered all of our prayers. However, it is now up to all us in favor of "Saving Private Gracedale" to do the necessary leg work. Rev. Martinez said last night that Jesus always delivers if we truly believe and stay faithful, but He expects us to work, not just standby and watch. The time has come to mobilize and complete this noble task.

Please note that as new developments occur, they will be posted on this blog to keep you abreast. Stay tuned.