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Residents demand transparency after council's removal of city manager; call for public forums and legal action

3642939 · June 4, 2025
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Multiple residents used public comment to criticize the council's recent removal of the city manager, call the dismissal "wrong," request public district forums and warn of legal challenges.

Several residents used the public comment period at the June 3 Columbus City Council meeting to criticize the council's recent vote to remove the city manager and to call for greater transparency and public forums.

Marvin Broadwater Sr., who identified himself as a private citizen from Columbus, said the dismissal was "100% wrong" and urged council members who voted for the dismissal to meet with…

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