By the time it was Matthew Cullen McClellan’s turn to comment at an Atlanta City Council meeting last week, he’d spent nearly five hours at City Hall.
That’s because he donated his two minutes of speaking time to Housing Justice League organizing director Matthew Nursey, forcing him to stay until it was Nursey’s turn to speak.
It used to be that public comment went in the sign-up order, but now speakers with donated time must go last, and those who donate time must stay until their time is used — due to changes made by City Council President Marci Collier Overstreet…