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League of Women Voters: Augusta charter review process ‘shuts the public out’
Summary
Gayla Kiese of the League of Women Voters told the Augusta City Charter Review Committee that work sessions deny meaningful public participation because draft charter language and motions are not released until voting meetings; she urged providing drafts and more time for review.
Gayla Kiese, co‑president of the League of Women Voters of the CSRA, told the Augusta City Charter Review Committee on the morning of the meeting that the committee’s structure “shuts the public out of meaningful participation.” She said the public first sees draft language on the meeting room screen with no printed copies and little time to prepare comments.
Kiese said work sessions, where substantive conversations and directions to the Carl Vinson…
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