Measure "B" in Palm Springs

I went to bed last night thinking that I need to learn more about a couple local measures on the ballot next month. So it's fitting that today I'd see a couple things about Measure B without even looking for it.

Here's what I know so far. Construction in the hills surrounding Palm Springs is severely limited to anything on a slope of 30 degrees or less. From what I understand, that's pretty much everything. Measure B would overturn that portion of the law and allow construction anywhere, but limit it to one home every 40 acres.

The mayor of Palm Springs, Ron Oden, gave a State of the City speech already, and supporters of Measure B apparently threaten the city if it ran the speech on the local cable access channel. The city gave in. Now another group has paid for the air time itself and is freely distributing the speech to anyone who asks. They took out an ad in the local paper.

Now supporters of Measure B are threatening the city once again:

Measure B supporters demanded Tuesday that Palm Springs Mayor Ron Oden and three city councilmen publicly retract "false and misleading statements in the official voter guide."

"Those statements said that Measure B is bad for open space," supporter Kurt Barrie said before a crowd of 45 in front of Palm Springs City Hall. "We find that incorrect, and we want them to correct that."

I'll be looking for more information in the days to come on Measure B (and it's companion Measure C), but I must say so far that the strong armed tactics of supporters on Measure B are not endearing me to their cause.