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League of Women Voters and Chamber officials urge transparency and outline government structure preferences
Summary
Speakers from the League of Women Voters and the Augusta Chamber of Commerce urged transparency, an independent ethics board and consideration of a city manager with a separate budget officer; the League criticized subcommittee process and removal of a public participant.
Speakers from civic groups told the Charter Review Committee they want greater transparency, clearer checks and balances and attention to how a new charter would affect representation and professional city management.
Dr. Gayla Kiese, co‑president of the League of Women Voters of the CSRA, told the committee the form‑of‑government subcommittee had “created duplication, confusion and unnecessary work” after sending multiple similar motions forward without reconciling them. Kiese recounted being asked to remove herself from a subcommittee meeting and said the removal was improper…
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