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Clearwater public erupts over Attorney General letters tied to Garden Avenue dispute; council defends transparency
Summary
A Dec. 4 council meeting focused on two Florida Attorney General letters and a council member's request for an opinion in a Garden Avenue street vacation dispute. City Attorney David Margolis urged public process while residents accused outside lobbying and delivered a 6,000-signature petition.
Clearwater's City Council spent the Dec. 4 meeting debating two opinion letters from the Florida Attorney General's office and the public process around a request tied to a proposed Garden Avenue street vacation.
Mayor opened the discussion saying the matter was put on the agenda to provide closure and transparency and that the meeting was not a rehearing of a street vacation application. City Attorney David Margolis told the council that while “there's no law that requires [Attorney General requests] to come to the dais,” past practice and public expectation favored presenting sensitive AG questions in public; he added, “I don't think any laws were broken.”
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