Dissatisfied residents in Sunland Park are petitioning to dissolve the government in their southern New Mexico city.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that two Sunland Park city councilors have been arrested in recent weeks -- one for marijuana possession and another for providing alcohol to minors.
A group organized by 16-year Sunland Park resident Sam Gutierrez had a petition to disincorporate the city approved by Dona Ana County Clerk Lynn Ellins. Now they must collect approximately 1,400 signatures from registered voters.
Ellins says the group doesn't have a deadline for collecting signatures.
Sunland Park Mayor Javier Perea says he is taking the petition seriously and other residents should, too.
According to Ellins, enough valid signatures would result in a special election to determine whether the city should be dissolved.
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