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Article: West Haven public session turns unruly
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- New Haven Register
- Article date:
- September 14, 2004
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WEST HAVEN -- Public session deteriorated into a shouting match
at the City Council meeting Monday, as residents and council members
wrangled over public speaking rules. For the first time, residents
wishing to address the council were required to sign-up before the
meeting, a measure instituted by Council Chairman Joseph Cullen, D-
9.
The move was designed to return order to meetings, which often
find council members the subject of personal attacks by residents.
For a fifth straight meeting, police were present at City Hall
following reports that residents opposed to limits on public session
promised to disrupt the meeting in protest.
Cullen had originally said he would cut the public ...