Board of Aldermen 10-13-2020 Page 51
Alderman Jette
Repetition being discouraged and you said it’s already in there. | am looking at the current Ordinance. |
don’t see it in there.
President Wilshire
OK | was mistaken.
Alderman Jette
| mean is it there?
President Wilshire
| don’t have it in front of me Alderman Jette.
Alderman Dowd
| can tell you that’s a non-descript statement. | mean it’s discouraged, it’s not prohibited. If somebody
keeps repeating themselves it allows the Chairperson to say please clarify, you’ve been repeating yourself.
So it does not prohibit it, it's not a prohibitive statement.
Alderman Jette
I’m sorry Alderman Dowd | think | have the floor. My question was that Alderman Clemons said, what
about that? And he was told it is already in there and so | am just trying to clarify that it isn’t already in
there. You are adding it. Now you are arguing as to why it should be added, that’s fine. But | would just like
to remind my colleagues that we are passing what | think is a very important Ordinance. And as others
have pointed out, we are talking about free speech. We are talking about the public’s right. Attorney
Bolton has told us that this is a very dangerous area. And | don’t understand the reluctance to send it back
to Committee and allow Attorney Bolton to meet with the Committee and other Aldermen who are
interested to make sure that what we pass is something that is going to be solid. | also noted that Remarks
by Aldermen at Committee Meetings has been struck out. What does that mean? Aldermen aren’t going to
be able to make remarks at Committee Meetings at the end of Committee Meetings? Is that intentional?
Did you mean to strike that out?
President Wilshire
Are you asking Alderman Dowd?
Alderman Jette
Yes, through you.
President Wilshire
Alderman Dowd, do you care to answer that?
Alderman Dowd
| think that struck out because the wording was changed slightly. But | don’t think the intent was changed.
There’s no intent to not allow Alderman to comment.
