Letter to the editor
It has always been the case that people who reside outside a city’s legal limits – any city, in any county – do not vote in their adjacent city’s elections. It’s prohibited by state statute. It does not matter if a county resident owns property in the city. It does not matter if a county resident owns a business within city limits. It does not matter if county residents get electricity or water services from a City-owned utility company. Where someone legally resides is where they register to vote. It’s all right there on the form they signed when they registered to vote.
It seems that neither the members of the GRU Authority board nor the CEO understand this basic lesson in civics. They cry crocodile tears for county customers who had no say in the recent referendum vote. Worse, they imply that it was the City’s doing…