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N.M. town lifts restrictive public-comment policy

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/n-m-town-lifts-restrictive-public-comment-policy

First Amendment Center

Nashville, Tenn.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Truth or Consequences City Commission has set aside a 2-month-old policy that required the board to pre-approve comments the public sought to make at its meetings.


The board adopted the policy last October requiring citizens to submit a summary of their planned comments a day before its meeting. The board then decided who would be able to speak based on the summary.

The Albuquerque Journal reported that Brendan Egan, a staff attorney with the ACLU, said that at least two residents claimed they weren’t allowed to address the commission because they had been critical of the board in the past.