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Council schedules May 13 hearing after outside investigator finds social-media ties tying councilmember to anonymous 'Weasel' page that likely misled public
Summary
An independent review found circumstantial evidence tying Councilmember Todd Barber to a social-media account called the "Indian Trail Weasel Report." At the April 8 meeting the council voted to schedule a May 13 hearing on potential censure; Barber said he wants time to prepare a defense.
The Indian Trail Town Council voted at its April 8 meeting to schedule a hearing on May 13 to consider whether to censure Councilmember Todd Barber after an independent investigator concluded Barber's personal political page and a Facebook account now named "Indian Trail Weasel Report" retain a digital and public link that likely misleads residents about the page's authorship.
The outside investigator's report, prepared by a municipal-law practitioner hired by the council, reviewed the page's published history, advertisements and page-name changes. It found: the page began as a councilmember's political page with the councilmember's name, later changed its name to the…
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