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Resident calls for sanction after alleging commissioner discouraged candidates from public forums
Summary
At the March 31 Davis County Commission meeting a resident, Jennifer Savage, alleged Commissioner Bob Stevenson contacted and discouraged candidates from participating in public forums and asked fellow commissioners to consider sanctions; commissioners did not take formal action during the meeting.
Jennifer Savage, a Cisville resident, used the commission’s public-comment period on March 31 to accuse Commissioner Bob Stevenson of reaching out to people running for public office and discouraging them from participating in select public forums.
"Commissioner Bob Stevenson has been contacting candidates running for public office and discouraging them from participating in select public forums and open civic engagement," Savage said, adding that such conduct ‘‘runs directly counter…
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