The city council met for its work session on June 1 and its regular session on June 2. During the meeting, the council handed out a photocopy of a 1996 report published by the Phenix Citizen, our predecessor, titled “Forward: A comprehensive report on a city in crisis.” The city was using the report to lay the groundwork for a later presentation on moving the city forward.
Unfortunately, WTVM aired a broadcast on the evening of June 1 that erroneously reported the information in the report as being in 2026 instead of 1996. The broadcast accidentally created a false narrative. The Citizen of East Alabama quickly issued a statement on our Facebook page to help the city correct the erroneous narrative for our community and beyond. WTVM removed the broadcast from its website and aired a new interview with city leadership as a correction.
Following are the other matters that were discussed during the work session and approved in the regular session:…