Statement Regarding Storm Water Funding Ordinance Vote

By Rich Peterson


No one can know with certainty how to interpret the vote, but I believe these results go well beyond the issue of rejecting a flawed storm water funding ordinance. I think the outcome relates strongly to the concept of home rule and the fundamental voter rationale in adopting the charter. A strong collective sentiment exists among us that local government should serve the people and that the county council has, in some cases, not accomplished this.


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