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Resident Stan Johnston objects to minutes, alleges being sprayed with sewage and says he will sue
Summary
At the March 10 meeting resident Stan Johnston objected to omission from Feb. 10 minutes, alleged the city had sprayed people with sewage in the CRA area and said he plans to sue; the mayor ruled much of the remarks off-topic and no formal council response or investigation was recorded in the meeting.
Stan Johnston addressed the CRA during the March 10 meeting and objected to how the Feb. 10 minutes recorded (or omitted) his remarks. Johnston said he had sent a letter to council and argued language about his freedom of speech—specifically permission to use signs, photos or posters during his prior remarks—was omitted from the minutes.
Johnston also recounted a personal incident in which he said he was arrested while conducting a sewage‑spill test and that police records related to his interrogation and a police report could not be located. He further alleged that people in the CRA area had been "sprayed with sewage." During his remarks he told the board, "I'm suing you," and said his attorney wanted the omitted language included in the minutes.
The mayor repeatedly ruled Johnston off‑topic during the agenda presentation and later during petitions and requests thanked him for his comments; no council member offered a substantive response or recorded a directive to investigate the specific allegations during the meeting.
Johnston’s claims were presented as his assertions in public comment and were not corroborated on the record at the March 10 meeting.
