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Bangor public commenters press council to restore Zoom access; exchange turns heated
Summary
At the Nov. 24 City of Bangor council meeting, multiple residents urged restoring remote (Zoom) public comment as a protected part of a limited public forum; one speaker made a serious allegation about a council member's past and was cut off. Legal and ethical arguments about camera mandates and enforcement were central to public comment.
Residents used the public comment period at the City of Bangor council meeting on Nov. 24 to press the council to restore remote (Zoom) public comment and to challenge the council’s February 2025 decorum policy.
Richard Ward told the council it had “unanimously voted to kill Zoom public comments,” called the decorum rules “a set censorship blueprint” and invoked recent court decisions to argue limits on profanity or offensive speech are not sufficient grounds to bar remote participation. During his remarks Ward said a city councilor had a…
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