What happens in the minds of elected officials that they get so brazen as to want to silence anyone presenting an opposing view?
The agenda for the April 4 City Council meeting has been released and Peachtree City Mayor Kim Learnard is lowering the boom, again (see: https://peachtreecityga.portal.civicclerk.com/event/125/files/agenda/2912). More censorship and meeting violations are on the way.
Learnard will now be on her third city manager in three years (see: https://thecitizen.com/2024/03/25/the-city-manager-says-so-long-meanwhile-who-is-really-in-charge/) as she continues to stem criticism and eliminate agenda items she opposes.
Peachtree City Mayor Kim Learnard has made it abundantly clear that she does not like criticism. She will refute this by saying the claims in editorials, opinion columns, and letters to the editor are lies, making herself out to be a victim.
Well, here we go again
Learnard added agenda item “04-24-05 Ordinance # 1218 City Council Meeting Procedures and Rules” which is also being referred to by citizens as the “Government Censorship and Exclusion Act.”
Learnard is demanding a change to Ordinance 1218, Sec. 2-33 on agendas. To silence her critics and prevent any action of the council that she disagrees with, she is moving to change the ordinance to keep dissenting elected officials (her colleagues) and citizens from being able to get on a city council meeting agenda.
Learnard’s proposed change to section 2-33, subsection C reads, “Agenda item request. City staff with approval from the city manager, or the mayor and two Council members, or three councilmembers may request to have an item placed on the agenda…” This appears to also apply to the city council members as well as I can find no other section for submitting agenda items.
Learnard allows “approval from the city manager” only as the first option. Why should the city manager have that kind of power? We have…
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