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To my fellow City of Tehachapi citizens:   Please join me on Monday, Sept. 18, 2006 at the City Council meeting where I have asked to be placed on the agenda to address the Council regarding their continued requirement that “ Each person addressing the Council shall stand up, shall give his name and address in an audible tone of voice for the record.” This is stated in City Ordinance #357 which is a 36 year old Ordinance. However, effective January 1, 2004 the State of California enacted The Brown Act which affects all public and open meetings and which expressly prohibits, in Section #54953.3, any City or County entity from the requirement that citizens in attendance and in addressing their officials at said meetings must “Register” their name and address. The Brown Act states the reason is to “prohibit government from harassing citizens when they disagree with elected bodies.” I am requesting the City Ordinance words in #357 to be...
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