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County Commission Will Regret Opening Up Pandora's Box

  • Friday, March 6, 2015
Re: County Commission to allow public discussion on voting items:
 
Given the profusion of Tea People in Hamilton County, with their compulsion to buy-in to every whacky conspiracy theory on the planet, I'll predict that the Hamilton County Commission will regret but once their recent decision to allow for public comments before voting on agenda items - continuously.
You watch.

Lonnie Hatmaker

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