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Residents urge action on environmental health and labor protections and express election-related concerns during public comment
Summary
During the Dec. 10 Jackson City Council public comment period, residents raised concerns about the recent presidential election and federal policy changes, local environmental issues including lead service lines and PFAS, and labor protections. Speakers also congratulated the newly sworn council member and referenced a city landlord program.
Several residents used the Dec. 10 public comment period to raise concerns about national politics, local environmental health and labor protections, and to offer congratulations to the newly sworn council member.
Joel Smith, introduced on the record as a Jackson community member living on South Grinnell Street, said he is "scared for the rights of both myself and those I care for," and expressed concern for transgender and queer residents if federal or state policy were to permit discrimination on the basis of gender…
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