Proposed rule to remove items from commissioners' table sparks free-speech debate
A proposed board policy permitting the chair to remove items from the commissioners' horseshoe prompted heated debate over enforcement and free-speech implications; the motion was withdrawn for revision and legal clarification.
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Commissioner Jane Richardson introduced a proposed board policy that would allow the board chair to order removal of any sign, prop or display on the commissioners' horseshoe that is "not reasonably necessary to the conduct of county business or that materially interferes with the orderly conduct of the meeting." Richardson said the measure was intended to present a more professional setting.
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