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Public commenter demands records, alleges changes to BOT project; county attorneys guidance cited
Summary
At a Washington County commissioners meeting, resident Lucy Brent said she filed written records requests and alleged undisclosed changes to a BOT project approved in January 2023; she asked commissioners to pledge truthfulness and cited county attorney April Geltmakers written guidance on legal limits to prosecuting lies by public officials.
A Washington County resident publicly pressed commissioners for documents and answers on alleged changes to a previously approved build-operate-transfer (BOT) project, and she questioned whether commissioners would commit to telling the truth to the public.
Lucy Brent told the board she had submitted formal written records requests to the county auditor and said the requests would be posted on her Facebook page so others could view them. "We have a real problem here," Brent said, and she asserted…
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