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Residents press council for records, accuse member of retaliation; mayor pledges follow‑up

City of Lamarque City Council · January 13, 2026
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Summary

At the Jan. 12 meeting multiple residents and an online commenter alleged patterns of intimidation, misuse of city resources and failures to produce records related to incidents involving a councilmember; the mayor and city manager said staff would follow up and that records requests should be honored within legal limits.

Several people used the city’s three‑minute public comment time on Jan. 12 to urge transparency and to allege misconduct by a councilmember.

Robert Harvey told the council he had physical confrontations with Councilmember Joseph Lowery and his wife at City Hall and accused them of stalking and trying to interfere with his live streams; Harvey said the responding…

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