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NEWS BRIEF: Norwood Withdraws Public Comment Limits Ordinance

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(APN) ATLANTA — At the Monday, July 06, 2015, Committee on Council Meeting of the City Council of Atlanta, Councilwoman Mary Norwood (Post 2-at-large) made a motion to file, or terminate, her proposed legislation to set a Multi-Committee public comment limit.   Atlanta Progressive News reported that Norwood introduced the legislation, out of her concern that some citizens were jumping […]

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Atlanta Councilwoman Norwood Seeks New Restrictions on Public Comment

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(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilwoman Mary Norwood (Post 2-at-large) has introduced controversial legislation to limit public comment at all of the Council’s seven bi-weekly Committee Meetings.   Currently, each Committee gets to set its own time limits, if any; some committees have limits currently; some do not.  The matter is under the purview of the respective seven Committee Chairpersons, […]

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