Agenda sparks First Amendment conversation
SANDPOINT — Items placed on Tuesday’s Bonner County Commission business meeting agenda by Commissioner Asia Williams were removed for the second week in a row.
Williams had three items on Tuesday’s agenda — the county’s sergeant-at-arms optics, review of the language in an ordinance, and a discussion of the definition of electioneering. However, Commissioner Luke Omodt moved to remove the items “as they have all been discussed.”
However, Williams disagreed, saying that Bonner County is subject to following open meeting laws. By removing her items, the board would be violating those laws, she said.
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