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Resident urges council to respect public speakers and offers vendor-permit study; another speaker praises Chobani jobs
Summary
During public comment at the April 23 meeting, Serena Ruiz criticized councilroom decorum and the vendor-permit process and offered paid consultancy; Dennis Perfetti praised the Chobani plant project and criticized online commenters.
During the public-comment period of the April 23 Rome Common Council meeting, two residents addressed the council on different topics.
Serena Ruiz of Turn Road said she had returned to comment on two issues and criticized what she called a decline of decorum in the chamber. "I'm not talking about the way the proceedings go where you can't respond to them. I'm talking about the way that the issue…
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