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Residents confront council over name/address policy and alleged doxxing by city solicitor
Summary
Several public commenters challenged the councils practice of collecting names and addresses at the lectern and accused the city solicitor of revealing a speakers identity in a prior meeting; speakers cited U.S. Supreme Court precedents protecting anonymous speech.
Multiple residents challenged Somers Points name-and-address practice during the public-comment period and accused the city solicitor of revealing a speakers identity in a previous meeting.
An anonymous commenter told the council they had been required to give their name at a prior meeting and said the state law does not require providing a name or address. "The lawyer went as far to tell me that the state requires me to give my name and address. That's false," the commenter said and added,…
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