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Public commenter accuses vice chair of criticizing city staff on external program
Summary
During oral communications a resident alleged Vice Chair Buie appeared on a Vietnamese-language program with a Garden Grove official and made statements critical of Westminster staff and leadership; the clerk accepted the comments and the commission moved on to staff items.
At the start of the Aug. 6 Westminster Planning Commission meeting, a member of the public used the oral-communications period to accuse Vice Chair Buie of appearing on a Vietnamese-language program and criticizing the city manager and other Westminster staff.
The speaker said they had filed complaints with both cities and provided a translated transcript of the program. According to the public comment, the guest identified as a Garden Grove official (Joe Devan) and Vice Chair Buie made statements including calls for the dismissal of the city manager and other criticisms of Westminster staff leadership. The commenter said the remarks were made while Buie was wearing a Garden Grove-branded jacket and identified Buie as a planning commissioner and a member of a citizen oversight committee.
The speaker requested staff provide copies of complaints and transcripts previously submitted, and to advise when minutes from prior planning commission meetings would be posted; the speaker stressed that minutes are the legal record and should be presented timely. The commission acknowledged the comment and then proceeded to staff items; no formal action or investigation was announced at the meeting.
The transcript records the oral comment in the public-comment portion of the meeting; the commission closed oral communications and continued with the published agenda.
