Please get control of Member Paltin. Her “clarifying” questions during public testimony are inappropriate and violate meeting rules. Councilmember discussion takes place after public testimony closes. Throughout all these proceedings, Paltin has repeatedly injected her comments during public testimony by arguing with testifiers or purporting to "correct" the testifier. Her intent is clearly to intimidate, bully, embarrass, and generally dissuade people from testifying in opposition to Bill 9 by asking “questions” that are really just Paltin’s own testimony and opinions. A typical Paltin "question" starts with her saying something like “I just wanted to clarify whether you knew” then she proceeds to provide her biased and at time factually unsupported opinions. When the back-and-forth doesn't go the way she wanted, Paltin tries to snuff out the discussion by talking over the testifier and just repeating "thank you." Her interjections waste time and are disrespectful to other councilmembers who wait for the appropriate time to talk and abide by the time limits.
Please get control of Member Paltin. Her “clarifying” questions during public testimony are inappropriate and violate meeting rules. Councilmember discussion takes place after public testimony closes. Throughout all these proceedings, Paltin has repeatedly injected her comments during public testimony by arguing with testifiers or purporting to "correct" the testifier. Her intent is clearly to intimidate, bully, embarrass, and generally dissuade people from testifying in opposition to Bill 9 by asking “questions” that are really just Paltin’s own testimony and opinions. A typical Paltin "question" starts with her saying something like “I just wanted to clarify whether you knew” then she proceeds to provide her biased and at time factually unsupported opinions. When the back-and-forth doesn't go the way she wanted, Paltin tries to snuff out the discussion by talking over the testifier and just repeating "thank you." Her interjections waste time and are disrespectful to other councilmembers who wait for the appropriate time to talk and abide by the time limits.