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Residents confront commissioners over reorganization, library cuts and rally misinformation
Summary
Multiple residents used the public-comment period to dispute statements about an April 5 rally, criticize county leadership for reorganizations and alleged cuts to services, and call for greater engagement and accountability from commissioners.
Dozens of residents addressed the Board of Commissioners during the public-comment portion of the meeting, criticizing recent administrative reorganizations, alleged reductions in county services and what several speakers called false statements about a Saturday rally on April 5.
Eva Voorhis Avery, a Grants Pass resident who said she helped organize the April 5 “hands off” rally, disputed social-media claims that attendees had been paid or bussed in and that the rally impeded emergency services. “I can attest to that these are blatantly false,” she told the board, adding organizers had coordinated with the Grants Pass police and that she had spoken…
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