Letter to the editor
The recent ruling by the 1st District Court of Appeal (upholding the results of a referendum to restore at-large districts for County Commissioners) may make sense in some counties/scenarios, but Alachua County isn’t one of them.
County leaders have praised the controversial ruling as aligning with the voters’ wishes. However, it essentially returns us to the original issue that prompted lawmakers to interfere in the County’s business in the first place: voting practices in Alachua County…