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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Pueblo Free Speech Initiative to be On the November Ballot!
Pueblo voters will have a chance to vote to return televised public comments to Pueblo City Council Meetings!
Pueblo Citizens for Open Government has met the required number of signatures to force the Pueblo City Council to place the item on the November ballot. The council voted 7-0 Monday night to place the item on the ballot, as required by the city charter.
The ballot item will ask city voters to return the public forum to the already televised regular council sessions. The Pueblo City Council removed public comments from the televised meetings in September of 2007, without so much as a public hearing. Public comments were moved into the non-televised work sessions, which does not allow citizens viewing the meetings on television to hear the comments of their fellow citizens.
Supporters of the effort are calling the ballot question the “Pueblo Free Speech Initiative”.
Join our campaign to bring back televised free speech to the Pueblo City Council Meetings. If you value open government are interested in getting involved contact us at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)