Severance council debates social-media rules, leans toward adding guidance to ethics code
Mar 10, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
Councilors discussed whether to adopt a standalone social-media policy or fold guidance into the town's code of ethics. Members differed on personal autonomy vs. a need for decorum; several favored a short ethics amendment rather than a sweeping new policy.
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Severance's council spent an extended portion of the meeting debating how (and whether) to regulate council members' use of social media when they identify as town officials.
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