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Palmyra council records that members' posts are personal, not official
Summary
Palmyra Borough Council voted to record that it does not operate official social media accounts, saying individual members' posts are personal statements and not borough policy. The motion passed by voice vote after councilors debated whether the formal statement was redundant for members who already label pages as personal.
Palmyra Borough Council voted to put on the record that the borough does not operate or maintain any official social media accounts and that opinions expressed on individual council members' pages are not borough policy. The motion, read into the record by the meeting chair, was moved and seconded and carried by voice vote.
The motion was introduced after a formal complaint about a council member's social media posts. One councilor…
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