‘Strangling local democracy’: Tallahassee City Hall moves to limit public comment to 30 minutes

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A constitutional professor and a Tallahassee immigrant rights group are sounding the alarm that City Hall is limiting how long members of the public get to address the mayor and commissioners.

The motivation and rationale behind the decision remain murky — the long agenda just has two new words on it: “30 minutes.”

“It’s (City Hall) right across the street from the State Supreme Court, it’s right across the street from the state capitol, and then it acts as if it’s in Russia. Something is amiss, awry, and it’s a sad day in Tallahassee,” said Bill Proctor, a Leon County commissioner…

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