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Residents press St. Petersburg council on water‑billing errors; pastor denounces new ICE policy
Summary
At open forum two speakers urged action: Matt Weidner described thousands of unexplained water‑billing adjustments and urged the city to use charter authority to hire counsel for affected residents; Andy Oliver, pastor at Allendale United Methodist Church, called the city's new police ICE directive unconstitutional and said he would support legal defense for anyone unlawfully detained.
Two members of the public used the council's open forum to raise sharply worded concerns about city policies and practices.
Matt Weidner of 1201 Eden Isle Drive addressed the council about what he described as widespread unexplained water‑billing adjustments. "6,000 accounts were adjusted since September," Weidner said, adding that roughly "3,000 were private property" adjustments and "3,000 were over read adjustments." He described individual harms, including a…
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