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Resident supports roundabout study and council members criticize misleading social-media posts
Summary
A resident told the council a social-media post misrepresented proposed roundabout size at First Street and Sycamore Road; council members urged voters to check facts and condemned repeated online misinformation.
DeKalb — A resident urged the DeKalb City Council on March 24 to proceed with a study of a possible roundabout at First Street and Sycamore Road and to reject a misleading social-media post that the speaker called a false depiction of the project.
Tom Haven (identified in the record) told the council a local Facebook page posted an altered image showing a demonstrably oversized roundabout footprint that would have required right-of-way into neighboring intersections and parks. He compared the post’s implied diameter — which he said would have…
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