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Public commenter accuses council of copying proposal and racial exclusion, cites FOIA fee
Summary
At the Nov. 10 meeting a resident alleged that a council member used language and funding priorities from his previous proposal, accused the council of excluding Black representation from a grant program, and said a FOIA request was charged $317 — a fee he called price gouging.
Williamsburg — During public comment on Nov. 10 a resident, Dwan Bellamy, made a series of public accusations against the council and local processes, including claims of idea appropriation, unequal grantmaking and an excessive FOIA fee.
Bellamy said he previously brought a proposal focused on youth programs and that “a week and a half after I brought your proposal, Terry Short introduced 1 Waynesboro to the public using the exact same language of my…
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