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Septic-to-sewer opposition gathers steam, North Port residents want to vote on it

NORTH PORT — Locals should decide North Port’s septic-to-sewer future, not politicians, according to Dan Beilman, a lead opponent to such conversion plans. The retired North Port resident and others push hard on that message everywhere they can: in public forums, on social media, a small army collecting voter signatures at City Hall, at pop-up sites around town. The goal is getting the conversion question in front of voters. And while North Port rules state commissioners decide financial questions with ordinances, that final decision is yet to be determined, Beilman insisted. “It’s all about money,” he said of septic conversions.

Septic-to-sewer opposition gathers steam, North Porters want the decision