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Resident urges commission to begin charter outreach now, keep proposal simple
Summary
Leah Preston, a Haslet resident, urged the charter commission to begin public outreach immediately so residents can 'buy in' to the charter process and recommended keeping the draft simple (for example, avoiding districts if they are uncommon among similar cities).
Leah Preston, who identified herself as a resident at 1608 Nettle Lane, used the public-comment period to press the charter commission to begin community outreach "now" so residents would support the final product. "You have to go to the public and get their opinion, let them be involved so that they can get buy in," Preston said, and volunteered to help with social media outreach.
Preston told commissioners she supports their work but warned that politically contentious details could be seized upon by opponents, urging simplicity in design: "If 99% of cities our size don't have districts, please don't add districts." Her comments came before a substantive discussion of district options and public outreach plans that the commission later moved to expand into a town-hall process.
