I am a customer of Gainesville's publicly owned utility, GRU, but the GOP is trying to change that
Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) is a multi-service utility that has been publicly owned by the people it serves for more than 100 years - and I am proud to be a customer!
This Friday, Alachua County's state legislators will decide if they are going to take away Gainesville's citizen-owned utility - without any input from the taxpayers who own it.
FL State Rep. Chuck Clemons drafted a bill that will allow Governor Ron DeSantis to appoint an independent board over GRU in place of the democratically elected city commissioners.
These appointees would have one ultimate mission: to be pawns of DeSantis in the hostile takeover of GRU and sell it off to one of the Florida GOP’s favorite campaign donors, Florida Power & Light. GRU makes up about 25% of the city's budget, so a takeover could essentially cause a municipal shutdown.
This is just another one of DeSantis' hijackings: public schools, higher education, Disney... and now publicly owned utilities. The Florida GOP & their power hungry Governor know absolutely no bounds.
Even if you don't live in Gainesville, we need your help.
Contact our legislators & let them know that you oppose this undemocratic takeover & if they're going to force it, to put it on the ballot for the people to decide!
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We also need Gainesville residents to speak at the delegation meeting this Friday. Please respond to this email and let me know if you'd like to join!
Alachua County Legislative Delegation Meeting
Friday, March 17th, 2023 | 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Room 12 of the House Office Building, Florida Capitol, 402 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee Florida, 32399-1300
Fighting for Florida, always.
- Danielle Hawk
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