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Citizens and commissioners clash over library governance and police presence at recent meetings
Summary
During the county’s public comment period residents criticized a local library board’s handling of records and described an incident that brought multiple police officers to a library meeting; commissioners and speakers debated whether police presence was necessary.
Multiple residents used the county’s Aug. 14 second public comment period to criticize actions by members of the Lapeer District Library board, defend public access to documents and question why police officers were summoned to recent library meetings.
A resident speaking during the comment period said the library board had improperly sought to suppress two documents that a community group had obtained through legal, public means and…
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