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Citizen demands grant accounting and questions legal letters and settlement payments
Summary
During public comment, a resident pressed the council for an itemized accounting of over $12 million in grants, raised concerns about law‑firm letters sent to citizens, and asked whether payments related to a sexual harassment complaint were used to 'purchase silence.'
During the public comment period, resident Sean Patrick Smith asked the council for an itemized accounting of more than $12 million in federal and state grant funding the city has received in recent years and said that information has not been prepared for public release. He also said several citizens had received letters…
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