COLUMBUS, Indiana — Nearly a dozen residents of the Highland Ridge subdivision south of Petersville have filed a statement with the Bartholomew County Clerk’s office challenging the residency of Bartholomew County Council President Matt Miller.
In filing for re-election, Miller, a first-term at-large Republican seeking re-election this year, listed his permanent residency as 1331 N. 500E, Columbus, near the entrance of Highland Ridge.
The challenge, filed July 6 with Bartholomew County Clerk Jay Phelps and signed by 11 Highland Ridge residents, alleges that Miller and his wife, Lisa, actually live southwest of Vernon in Jennings County. If the residents’ allegation is true, it would make Miller ineligible to serve on the Bartholomew County Council.
“To be clear, no one has stayed at this (Highland Ridge) property for any length of time that would qualify as a principal place of residence, especially Matt Miller,” the submitted letter states.
“The allegations are not true,” Miller said in response. “I’ve lived in Bartholomew County my entire life, except for when I attended Purdue University.”
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