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Residents and advocates urge council to reverse public-comment rule changes; several call measures exclusionary
Summary
Multiple residents criticized recent changes that moved public comment to the end of council meetings, limited remote participation and capped comment time; councilmembers said they would revisit the rules.
Several residents at Tuesday’s meeting strongly criticized recent council rule changes that moved public comment for items not on the agenda to the end of the meeting, limited remote participation and imposed a one-hour cap on commenters.
Veronica Baker, a Colorado Springs resident who addressed council, said the changes “send a message about whether you truly want to hear from us at all.” Baker said moving comments to the end of the…
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