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Resident urges clearer transparency on dog-tethering proposals as legislature declines public comment
Summary
A resident who identified herself as Jessica told the Clinton County Legislature on March 12 that she wants clearer transparency and accountability in how proposed laws reach the legislature, including a dog-tethering proposal; the presiding legislator said no legislation on that topic was on the night’s agenda and did not grant time on it.
A resident who identified herself only as Jessica told the Clinton County Legislature on March 12 that she wants clearer transparency and accountability in how proposed laws reach the legislature, including a disputed dog-tethering proposal.
Jessica said she has recently started attending local meetings and raised concern that residents do not know when proposed laws are being discussed or when they will reach a vote. “A public hearing should be come 1, come all. This is being discussed, and we wanna know,” Jessica said during public comments.
The presiding legislator told the audience that the legislature had no resolutions on the dog-tethering topic before it that night and that the body would not grant time on that subject…
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