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Public health experts and residents press council to keep Mosquito Abatement board; council withdraws removal resolution
Summary
After a large public turnout and testimony from mosquito‑control professionals and residents, the council declined to advance a resolution to remove Mosquito Abatement District commissioners and instead voted to withdraw the removal resolution.
A resolution to remove three commissioners of the Saint Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District drew a sustained, large public turnout at the Dec. 4 council meeting and intense council debate about public health, oversight and litigation. After testimony from vector‑control professionals and residents, the council voted to withdraw the resolution, leaving the board in place while legal and oversight questions remain.
Multiple public‑health and entomology professionals, including speakers who identified themselves as working in…
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