Cuyahoga County Council Budget Advisor Trevor McAleer shuffles speaker requests in a clear box before pulling out a name and handing it to the clerk. The process is part of council's proposed new rules limiting public comment to 20 speakers per meeting.Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County Council tested its new public comment rules for the first time Tuesday, receiving little opposition from speakers, at least publicly.
Most speakers continued to use their time to address the county’s investments in Israel during the war in Gaza. They clashed with each other, many of them violating decorum by speaking out of turn and holding up signs.
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