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Resident alleges conflicts and questions animal shelter dismissal during Selma City Council public comment
Summary
At a Jan. 24 special meeting, resident Blanca Mendoza Navarro accused city officials of conflicts of interest related to a recent animal shelter case and said the district attorney had flagged procedural deficiencies at prior meetings; the council then recessed into closed session on public employment.
Blanca Mendoza Navarro, a Selma resident, used the public-comment period of the Selma City Council’s Jan. 24 special meeting to raise allegations about conflicts of interest involving the city attorney, question a recent request to dismiss an animal shelter case and say the Fresno County district attorney had notified the city that procedural remedies were not satisfied at recent meetings.
Navarro said the district attorney’s office “did send out 2 letters, stating that the procedural remedies were not satisfied at both of the last meetings,” and added that as of Jan. 21 those remedies still were not satisfied. She also questioned the…
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