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Residents, officials urge commissioners to revisit board appointments and improve transparency
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the Jan. 14 Upson County meeting criticized recent board and committee appointments and asked the commission to rescind selections and increase transparency around applications and postings of minutes and agendas.
Several residents and county officials used the Jan. 14 public-comment period to press the Upson County Board of Commissioners to reconsider recent appointments to county boards and to improve transparency around applications and meeting materials.
Rusty Blackston, a resident of Rock, Georgia, asked the board to rescind appointments made by the prior commission and re-open the selection process so all applicants could be considered. He said some long-serving volunteers learned they had been…
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