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Public speakers and commissioners fault Tarrant County for limited access to draft budget materials
Summary
Several public commenters and at least one commissioner told the court they had only days to review a nearly 300-page draft budget, called the public hearing timing insufficient and urged the county to add more public engagement and online tools ahead of final adoption.
Public commenters at the Aug. 14 Tarrant County budget workshop criticized the county for limited access to the draft budget and a compressed public-review timeline, saying residents and even some commissioners had insufficient time to analyze a nearly 300-page document before a vote was scheduled.
Dr. Harriet Harrell, one of the speakers during the workshop, told the court: "It's cynical to pretend that this was anything close to a real public hearing," saying the timing and format sent a message that public input was not being treated as…
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