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Public speakers present draft data‑privacy ordinance to council; item pulled for further review
Summary
Two speakers asked council to adopt a local ordinance to protect residents' data privacy; they gave council a draft and the item was deferred after a staff member was absent. A third public speaker raised unrelated allegations about city contracts and housing that he said law enforcement was reviewing.
During public comment at the Amarillo City Council meeting, two residents presented a proposed local data-privacy ordinance and asked council to consider it; staff told the speakers the item (8E on the agenda) would be discussed at a future meeting because the council contact for that item was absent.
Misty Collier, who identified herself as a Potter County taxpayer, told council: "I would just ask that you please pass 10d. It is an ordinance to save our data privacy rights." Cassie Green, who identified…
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