• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    It’s more reasonable than the headline makes it sound. The commissioner pointed out that he’s not in charge of the decision to use Flock cameras and told the group of people who wanted to express their opposition to him anyway to pick one representative who would do so.

    I’ve been to meetings where people repeatedly express the same negative opinion of a policy to someone with no control over that policy and I guess that’s what the commissioner wanted to avoid.

    • Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      No, it’s public forum and you get to say what you want regardless. You, as a citizen, shall not be silenced, no matter the topic.

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      8 days ago

      I’ve also been to a county meeting like that. The topic at hand was expanding a greenway, but one Karen took up most of the meeting complaining about (what I have to assume is her imagination) people smuggling hookers into the city by canoe.

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      8 days ago

      Meh. Not a single thing should get done there until those cameras are gone. He certainly knows who is in charge of those cameras so he can listen again for the 121th time and so he can relay the message for 121th time. I mean what else can you do if the camera dipshit isn’t attending these meetings?

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      But he works for the people. It’s not his call to tell the people what they want to talk about. It’s his fucking job to sit there and listen, AND THEN SEE WHAT ELSE HE CAN DO TO HELP.

      Because in this moment, the listening IS the help. People need to be heard and it’s his job to listen.