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Bangor staff recommend suspending remote public comment, keep remote attendance and accommodation process
Summary
City staff recommended the council temporarily discontinue remote public comment via Zoom because staff cannot reliably prevent abusive or deceptive submissions; remote attendance and broadcasting would continue, and public comment would be accepted in person, by letter, email, or phone, with a reasonable‑accommodation exception.
City of Bangor staff on Monday recommended the council suspend remote public comment that comes through Zoom, citing repeated abusive and racially inappropriate submissions and the difficulty of reliably verifying identities in the current online environment.
The City Manager told the council that staff can stop abusive comments when they are heard but cannot prevent them entirely…
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