Aberdeen City Councilwoman Ruth Elliott says she was wrong to have voted in favor of annexing more than 500 acres of land into the city ? and she?s glad that residents took up a petition to reverse the decision.

“I have to admit, I made a mistake,” she told The Examiner.

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