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Resident urges council to refer ethics complaint after council member acknowledged promising a vote
Summary
A Ridgeland resident told Richland’s City Council on June 17 that a council member admitted promising their vote to an unelected individual and urged the council to refer the matter to the ethics and administration committee under the municipal charter.
Marie Narani of Ridgeland used the public comment period at the June 17 Richland City Council meeting to raise an ethics concern about a council member’s conduct and the council’s handling of her complaint.
Narani said she had written to council on May 8 after hearing comments at the May 6 meeting in which a council member explained a vote and admitted they had “promised a vote to somebody,” and that the council member…
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