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Resident tells Augusta commission to move meetings to 6 p.m., accuses leaders of broken promises
Summary
Deborah Eastep urged the commission to shift regular meetings to 6 p.m. to increase public access and criticized the pace of redevelopment and charter revision; commissioners cited staff overtime and logistics concerns and discussed prior failed trials of evening meetings.
A longtime resident told the Augusta-Richmond County Commission on March 31 that holding regular commission meetings at 2 p.m. shuts out working people and younger families and urged the governing body to adopt a 6 p.m. schedule.
"The bare minimum is that the people paying for this government can be in the room," Deborah Eastep told the commission, noting that neighboring jurisdictions hold…
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