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Resident presses Mills on ordinance opposition, FOIA process and asks mayor to clarify TikTok remarks
Summary
A nonresident urged council to protect existing property owners and criticized the town's FOIA handling; he asked Mayor Juarez to identify who he meant in a social-media video that the speaker said accused people of harming children. Council members said constraints limited public naming and agreed to follow up.
During public comment, Jeremy Brown, who identified himself as living in Evansville, urged the Mills council to reject Ordinance 832 and to prioritize protection of current property owners. Brown told the council he believes more residents oppose the zoning change than support it and said, "Your duty is to protect existing residents, not disadvantage them." He told the council he had to file a records request to obtain basic information and criticized town responses that he described as guesses rather than documented procedures.
Brown also asked Mayor Juarez to clarify a recent TikTok video that Brown said implied certain people were "harming children." Brown asked for a specific name or organization. In response, a council member said they were referring to "the Casper board members"; the mayor and other council members said they were constrained by confidentiality and legal limits on naming individuals in some contexts. One speaker in public comment said, "I'm not your secret keeper...I'm not going to help anyone who harms children look better in the public eye," emphasizing a desire for accountability.
Council members acknowledged concerns about transparency and said they would follow up with records staff; Brown recommended consulting Evansville's records clerk as a model for better FOIA tracking. No formal action was taken on the FOIA matter during the meeting; the council moved later in the agenda to consider and vote on Ordinance 832.
