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Resident says agendas delay public input; mayor cites FOIA compliance and offers meeting
Summary
A Laurens City resident told the council agendas aren’t posted early enough for citizens to sign up for public comment and urged transparency; the mayor said the city complies with the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act and offered to meet with the resident to discuss concerns.
Ethan Anderson, a resident who signed up for public comment, told the Laurens City Council that "our town is changing in ways that are deeply concerning and people deserve answers before deals are signed and not after." He said agendas were not available early enough for citizens to sign up and that the sign-up timing limits who can speak on council items.
Mayor (name not provided in the record) replied that public comment…
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