Dear Friends, Supporters, and Donors, Thank you, and Déjà vu . . . 

 

As fictional TV weather man Phil Connors repeatedly stated: “Well, it’s Groundhog Day, again.”

 

The Tallahassee monarchy and its local pawns continue to ignore or frustrate your voice and your vote.  Undaunted, we will press on.  Gainesville citizens will (Déjà vu) vote on a November 2025 local public utilities referendum to amend our City Charter.  Almost identical to the November 2024 referendum that passed by over 72% of your vote.  How many times must we do this?  As many as it takes for you to be heard.

 

Please support “Yes” for this Local Public Utility referendum campaign by contributing now to a local political action committee called

“Let the Voters Decide.”

 

Donate directly online HERE at or by writing a check and mailing it to: “Let The Voters Decide” at P.O. Box 358986, Gainesville, FL  32635.

 

Thanks to your past financial support Gainesville Residents United, Inc. successfully filed suit against Governor DeSantis for not following the notice and residency requirements of HB 1645. A law that removed our local public utilities from local governance and transferred it to a gubernatorially appointed board (the Authoritarians). 

 

(Déjà vu), thanks to your past financial support, in November of 2024 the king’s subjects threw off the yoke of tyranny!  We successfully organized and held a referendum in which over 72% of Gainesville voters chose to take back our utilities by amending our home rule charter.

 

(Déjà vu), lacking popular support or political legitimacy, Prince Edward and his Authoritarians circumvented the will of the people by challenging the referendum in court.  If you can’t’ win at the polls . . .

 

(Déjà vu), once again truth and justice prevailed when the court ruled that, yes, the citizens of Gainesville do have the right to amend their home rule charter.  Unfortunately, the court found fault with some of the referendum language.  So, here we are again, with a November 2025 referendum matching the November 2024 referendum, with language tweaked to address the court’s grammatical concerns.

 

Returning local representation for our local public utility has been, and remains, our focus.

We are asking you to help us make that happen. 

Thank you, again, for your past and continuing support!

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