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Public commenters raise concerns about library brochure removal, county tourism coverage and new Haystack Mountain development
Summary
Public comment raised three community concerns: the Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization said its annual brochure was removed from several library branches and omitted from a county tourism magazine; a Skyview Drive resident asked the county to review recent tree clearing and heavy-equipment staging on a hillside property.
Public comment at the meeting focused on three community issues: (1) removal of an annual Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization brochure from several county library branches, (2) the organization—s omission from a county tourism magazine despite prior coordination, and (3) neighbor concerns about tree clearing and potential land-stability and drainage impacts from new house construction on Skyview Drive.
John Taylor, president of the Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization, told commissioners the organization had provided its yearly newsletter to county library branches and found stacks removed or missing from circulation racks. Taylor said a branch manager told him the materials "didn't fit the library's agenda"…
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