Question to elect boards,commissions heads to ballot

The question of whether or not voters want to elect members of the planning commission, port and harbor advisory committee, public safety commission and tourism advisory board will appear on October’s ballot.

Assembly member Tom Morphet circulated the ballot initiative petition during the past two weeks and collected the necessary 250 certified signatures by last Friday’s deadline. Morphet started the petition after the assembly declined to put the question on the ballot.

Morphet said he…