GREELEY — Four Greeley residents on Friday challenged the legality of a citizen-initiated petition that could derail the city’s financing plan for a $1.1 billion entertainment district on the city’s western edge.

The 22-page protest, filed with the office of Greeley city clerk Heidi Leatherwood, called the proposed ballot measure “fundamentally unconstitutional,” contending that under state law an administrative decision by an elected body cannot be reversed by voters.

Former Greeley city manager Leonard Wiest, along with Tom Hacker, John DeWitt and Zach Bliven, filed the protest Friday afternoon against the two co-chairs of citizens group Greeley Deserves Better, Pam Bricker and Dan Wheeler.

Greeley Deserves Better on Wednesday turned in petitions that it said contained 8,993 signature

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