Gainesville and GRU take their battle over utilities to Tallahassee

Claims of insurrection and debates of voter turnout filled a third-floor courtroom at Tallahassee’s First District Court of Appeal Tuesday morning.

Representatives from the city of Gainesville and the Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority Board met for an argument to present each side of the ongoing referendum litigation.

The three-judge panel gave each side 20 minutes, a five-minute extension from what was originally planned for the hearing. Samuel J. Salario Jr., the attorney representing the GRU authority board, spoke first…

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