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Public commenters criticize Human Relations Commission work and describe NIPSCO lockout during Valparaiso meeting
Summary
During public comment, a resident accused city officials of "weaponizing" the Human Relations Commission over speech and another resident described a NIPSCO union lockout and asked for council attention; a councilmember responded to the criticism of the HRC.
Two members of the public addressed the council during the meeting's public-comment period with sharply different concerns.
James Ferguson told the council he believed recent Human Relations Commission (HRC) actions and remarks by council members amounted to "weaponizing" the commission and accused officials of using suicide statistics to silence…
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