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Residents urge council to let library petitions go to voters; dispute over city survey and signatures
Summary
Multiple Huntington Beach residents urged the City Council to allow two citizen petitions about library management and alleged privatization to go to voters, criticizing a city email survey that asked whether signers had been misled.
A succession of Huntington Beach residents used the public-comment period to press the City Council to let two citizen petitions regarding the public library proceed to the ballot and to criticize city staff for sending a survey that asked residents whether they were “duped” into signing.
“Those are the people that mattered,” said Regina Blankenhorn, a resident, referring to the petition signers and their verified signatures. “It was an insult to the intelligence of the voters who signed those petitions that you're asking these questions,” she told the council.
Other speakers echoed that theme and raised related concerns: - Barbara Richardson said the city’s survey included a…
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