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Chautauqua County Committee postpones proposed limits on public comment after widespread opposition
Summary
After public residents and some legislators warned a proposed amendment to rules limiting public comment would chill speech and invite vague enforcement, the Administrative Services Committee voted to postpone Resolution 17-26 indefinitely, effectively killing the measure at committee level.
Chautauqua County’s Administrative Services Committee voted to postpone indefinitely a proposed change to the legislature’s rules that would narrow topics allowed during public comment, after residents and several legislators warned the amendment risked curbing free speech and inviting arbitrary enforcement.
Tom Nelson, a District 13 legislator who spoke during the privilege-of-the-floor period, said the amendment…
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