GRU attorney claims Gainesville mounting ‘insurrection’ in appeals court

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – During oral arguments in an appeals court today, an attorney for GRU claimed “Gainesville is mounting an insurrection against the state of Florida.”

Samuel Solario made the case that city leaders had no right to hold a referendum to invalidate the state statute creating the GRU Authority Board.

But city attorney Joe Eagleton argued that the vote simply modified the city’s charter…

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