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Residents press for transparency, report housing safety issue and promote children's literacy at Dorchester County meeting
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to publish meeting packet materials, raised a condemned-apartment complaint and described a locally authored children's book project promoting literacy; county staff advised some issues fall under municipal jurisdiction.
Multiple members of the public used the Dorchester County Council's public-comment period to urge greater transparency, report a housing safety and landlord dispute, and describe a children's book project aimed at local literacy.
Sharon Smith, a Cambridge resident who attends county meetings regularly, asked the council to publish the briefing packet that accompanies agendas so citizens can review background materials in advance. "It's hard to stay engaged when you don't know what's going on," Smith said, noting that the city posts full packets and that county materials would help the public prepare for…
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