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Voters in Darien turn down proposed water district

By Howard B. Owens

Press release:

The mandatory referendum on the establishment of Water District No. 6 in the Town of Darien has been completed. The result of the April 10, 2019 referendum is 684 “No” votes, 183 “Yes” votes and one Affidavit vote still pending validation.

While the vote count remains unofficial, the result of the referendum will not change. Therefore, the Establishment of Water District No. 6 in the Town of Darien is not approved, and the Town is proceeding to file the required documents to close out this action. 

David Hagelberger, Supervisor

Eleanor Randall

From comments at the board meeting, the board is not pursuing this opportunity to apply for the funds available throughthis major USDA rural initiative. We heard a mumble from one member tasked with looking into this ,saying something about contacting Spectrum, but nothing of substance seemed to be done by him. Perhaps too many voters actually want rural broadband this time.

Apr 23, 2019, 8:16am Permalink

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