Public commenters at Cuyahoga Council meetings to be randomly selected under temporary rules

Israel protest

Over 100 residents packed Cuyahoga County Council on May 28 to protest the county's $16 million in Israel bonds, but under new temporary council rules, only 20 of them will get to speak.Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Residents wishing to have Cuyahoga County Council’s ear at crowded meetings will now need a little luck.

In addition to limiting public comment to 20 speakers, those speakers will now be chosen at random, if applicants exceed that number, new details posted to council’s website this week show. Residents must submit their requests to speak prior to the scheduled meeting start time to be considered.

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