Vape shop owners said they submitted enough signatures to ask voters this November whether to retain or undo a new ordinance that bans the sale of flavored tobacco products.
The vape shop owners — Phil Guerin, Ellen Rochelle, Shanna Finch, Kristen Hensel and Russel Hensel — turned in 17,000 signatures to the city, almost twice the 9,500 needed to put the referral on the ballot.
Guerin said he’s relieved they met the deadline and secured more than enough signatures. He said getting there has been expensive — it cost his group more than $240,000, most of which went to pay the firm that collected the signatures…