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Residents press council to restore comments on city Facebook page; city manager defends policy
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to allow comments on the city's main Facebook page, saying disabling comments reduces public participation; City Manager Ryan Havela said comments were turned off after legal review and to reduce staff time addressing non-applicable posts and that department pages remain active.
Multiple residents used the Citizens Forum on April 21 to urge the Copperas Cove City Council to restore comments on the city's main Facebook page, saying the move discourages public participation and gives the appearance the city does not listen.
"By turning off comments, the city is unintentionally giving the message that it does not listen to the general…
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