Gainesville Town Hall

Gainesville City Commissioners like to think of themselves as “environmentally progressive” (i.e.: signed the Kyoto Protocol, initiated a free Bicycle lending service that resulted in most of the bicycles being stolen, and dedicating large amounts of our transportation budget to RTS). However, one of the responsibilities of leadership is to dig a little deeper and consider every ramification of decisions imposed on the public. continue reading »

As I outlined in my October 30^th, 2009 Letter to the Gainesville Sun(1), Gainesville Regional Utilities(GRU) is owned by the city of Gainesville. If you are a Resident and Taxpayer in the city of Gainesville, whether you know it or not, you are also a part owner. You provide the capitol for this business to exist, and you hire or fire its Board of Directors when you vote in the City Commission and Mayoral Elections.

As a part owner of GRU I feel that I am entitled to have a few additional line items added to my monthly bill/statement. continue reading »