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Harrisburg residents question curfew enforcement, municipal oversight; neighborhood group to pick Allison Hill project
Summary
Speakers at the council’s public-comment period urged more community outreach before expanded law enforcement, raised concerns about interim department heads and municipal compliance with a 120-day rule, and described neighborhood efforts to choose a local improvement project.
Several Harrisburg residents used the council’s public-comment period to press officials on curfew enforcement, municipal staffing practices, neighborhood priorities and city services.
Melanie Cook, a Riverside resident, criticized a recent press conference about a curfew and the administration’s focus on downtown “Restaurant Row.” Cook said the public messaging portrayed youth as chiefly responsible for economic problems and asked why the city had apparently deployed additional law enforcement to that area. "Where was the reach outreach to the community?" she asked, and she questioned who is paying for the extra enforcement and whether…
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