Public comment limits risk eroding trust in local government
The Lorain County commissioners adopted stricter public comment rules, enforcing a three minute limit and allowing agenda-only or content neutral restrictions. Advocate Gerald Phillips calls it censorship, while legal guidance notes open meetings laws permit access limits. Limits should foster engagement without disrupting business.
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Lorain County politics spurs clash over ballot petition
Readers decry Lorain County Commissioners actions overriding a residents petition to place a sales tax levy on the ballot. The letter cites voter will and criticizes the Board of Elections for denying the petition despite valid signatures.
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America repudiates Trump amid broad moral rebuke
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues a wide cross section of American society rejected Trump after Charlottesville. Business leaders quit the American Manufacturing Council, charities pulled galas, and public figures questioned his competence. The piece sees a historic moment of moral leadership and holds Trump accountable.
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