1.   Douglas Barth, founder of the Free the Pike Coalition, said the initiative petition was their best hope.

2.   That would require action by the Legislature, which passed the law under the threat of an initiative petition by Common Cause and others.

3.   Tribes supporting the measure are running ads statewide, thanking those who signed the initiative petition.

4.   Two other initiative petitions, which dealt with term limits for federal officeholders, did not contain enough valid signatures, Cook said.

5.   Four years ago, Utahns for Responsible Public Spending failed to get enough signatures on an almost identical initiative petition.

6.   Four years ago, the group failed to get enough signatures on an almost identical initiative petition.

7.   Opponents are circulating an initiative petition to stop any more tax dollars from being spent on the Olympics.