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Residents press council on communication gaps and traffic enforcement after targeted ticketing
Summary
Residents urged the council to improve civic communication and questioned recent traffic-enforcement activity. A resident alleged officers were told to "pull over as many cars" and write tickets; the council and city attorney recommended contesting individual citations and discussed enforcement criteria.
Several residents used the Nov. 12 public-comment period to press the Washington Court House City Council on two related concerns: how the city communicates with residents, and whether a recent focused traffic enforcement effort produced unfair or quota-driven ticketing.
Jared Kesterke, who identified his address as 1311 Farmington Lane, told the council the city's public information is inconsistent and hard to find. He said event listings and meeting notices were not being updated on the website, that the Humane Society appeared closed with no posted contact information, and asked the city to explore…
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