Mesa del residents choose Cragin in unofficial poll

Since the Roundup was a no-show at Tuesday night's final Mesa del Caballo water meeting and has promised only a delayed article on last Thursday's meeting in today's paper, here's a quick summary of what occurred at the meeting last night:

In an unofficial straw poll at the end of the meeting, attendees voted almost unanimously for Blue Ridge/C.C. Cragin as the preferred water alternative from a list of five choices.  

Brooke Utilities/Payson Water Company, which was not in attendance, will soon conduct an election in which property owners will be asked to officially vote for their preferred water alternative.  Ballots will be counted by an independent third party.

A group of residents announced it has formed a committee and is looking into a water improvement district.  The committee, whose members also endorsed the Cragin solution, solicited volunteers to help with the effort.