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"A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives."

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Monday, December 3, 2018

Scottsboro, Alabama - December 3, 2018 - Scottsboro City Council Work Session - Council Actions are Group Actions Not Individual Actions.

Scottsboro City Hall, photo by G. Morgan

Left to Right - Council President Patrick Stewart, Council Member Greg Mashburn.  
Mr. Mashburn requested the City Attorney at tonight's council meeting to draft an ordinance regarding parallel parking on South Broad Street between Laurel and West Willow Streets. This type of request from a single council member appears improper, the City Council of Scottsboro's actions are as a group, not as an individual. The City Council President should have corrected this procedural error. 

Costs, traffic flow, business input, engineers input, all should be discussed in a work session prior to a vote. One council member requesting the city attorney to draw up an ordinance is improper, in my opinion. The Council President not correcting the error was the second problem

The parking situation has been brought forward previously by the former city council, it has not been voted on nor has the issue been brought forward to the current city council. 

AGENDA
Christmas Parade this Saturday, December 8, 2018, if weather permits. Next meeting on December 10 will be a work session and regular session meeting. 

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