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Resident accuses council of seeking to limit public broadcast of community comment and presses TIF transparency
Summary
Resident Ralph Sickert used community comment to accuse Member Jackson and the mayor of wanting to take community comment 'off camera' and urged the council to return excess TIF funds to schools and county. The council and staff discussed the purpose of community comment and possible pilots to change how comments are broadcast during election cycles.
During the Jan. 7 community-comment period resident Ralph Sickert (4311 Cornelia Circle) criticized a remark he attributed to Council Member Jackson at the Dec. 17 meeting — that community comment was "meant for the council, not the public" and should be taken "off camera." He told the council he was embarrassed by any plan to take public comment off the broadcast and urged the council to consider returning excess TIF funds to Edina schools and…
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