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Public commenters urge refund for cited street preacher, call for community inclusion in Medford
Summary
At the April 2 council meeting, Logan Vaughn urged the council to refund a $250 citation issued to a street preacher and criticized Main Street reconfiguration; Michael Velasquez spoke about DEIA and read the 2040 vision plan core line 'Medford, a hometown for all.'
Two members of the public addressed the Medford City Council during the April 2 public comment period, raising separate concerns about a municipal citation and the city’s equity and inclusion goals.
Logan Vaughn said a downtown street preacher named John Peterman was cited for unnecessary noise and called the enforcement a “travesty of justice.” "This poor man preaching, we need to get his money back to him,"…
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