Among the legion of citizens attending Thursday night's Jail Public Meeting was Jean Melious.
She posted observations on the event at Get Whatcom Planning.
Including gems like this...
I also attended the meeting, and I can confirm that the public became visibly and audibly irritated when the County took time out of the public's speaking time to repeat County talking points that they had just spent an uninterrupted half hour presenting at the beginning of the meeting.
The panel may have been expecting to put on a dog and pony show, but that's not what happened. The public cleared its throat. We shall see if the County perks up and takes notice.
She posted observations on the event at Get Whatcom Planning.
Including gems like this...
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The problem, of course, was that last night’s meeting wasn’t a public hearing on a development permit. It simply wasn’t a public hearing in any legal sense.
Why does that matter? It matters because the County is supposed to want to listen to the public. At the start of the meeting, it was clear that the meeting’s purpose was to inform the public, not the other way around. There was a half hour presentation, and then when audience members got up to speak, somebody on the podium would inform them of the County's position. That’s not a “hearing,” that’s a rationalization of a decision already made.
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I also attended the meeting, and I can confirm that the public became visibly and audibly irritated when the County took time out of the public's speaking time to repeat County talking points that they had just spent an uninterrupted half hour presenting at the beginning of the meeting.
The panel may have been expecting to put on a dog and pony show, but that's not what happened. The public cleared its throat. We shall see if the County perks up and takes notice.
Will there be film at 11?
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