During the special Oct. 2 meeting of the Forest Lake City Council, several residents spoke up and gave reasons why they thought the council should or shouldn’t vote to declare a vacancy in the seat currently held by Michael Freer. In recent weeks, Freer has faced accusations that he’s violating the residency requirements of his position by living outside of Forest Lake and not at the address on his driver’s license. However, he has maintained that he is within the legal guidelines of state statute because he was forced to move out of town temporarily and intends to return. Read more about the details of the two sides’ arguments in the Oct. 5 story, “No change on council after vacancy vote fails.”
Among the residential speakers were a few who spoke about past local residency cases they believed should or shouldn’t serve as precedents to guide the council’s decision on the
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