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3 <br />'Dec ency <br />clause' fails <br />from start <br />► A Banning propoSal <br />First Amendment to the U.S. Con- <br />After a short debate, Mayor <br />WO ld have limited <br />stitution, a First Amendment ex- <br />pert said Monday. <br />John Hunt declared that public <br />comment would be allowed. <br />CritiClSM at meetings, <br />I When the "decency clause" <br />"It is my belief that there's no <br />but residents Say the <br />Ccam a up on the agenda Tuesday, <br />Manager Dave Weitzel sug- <br />way to legislate good manners,,, <br />resident Rose Clark "If <br />Amendment 18 a <br />gested the council refer it to City <br />Attorney John Wilson for his <br />said. the <br />freedom Of speech is to be guided, <br />better guide. <br />re- <br />view before considering it. Fur- <br />controlled or forbidden, then you <br />may as well lock the door and go to <br />tiler, that meant the public didn't <br />secret meetings.,, <br />By Ke�sta o�son <br />PresrEnterprise <br />need to comment on it, Weitzel <br />said. <br />As the discussion of free speecspeechThe <br />BANNING <br />After hearing a proposal to re- <br />Not so, said Wilson. The Brown <br />Act gives the public the right to <br />drew to a close, Councilman Joe <br />Lucsko said, "It appears as though <br />the <br />strict what the public could talk <br />about at council meetings, Banning <br />speak on any item on the agenda <br />people have spoken and I don't <br />expect this to come back." <br />council members decided they <br />didn't want to talk about the sub- <br />ject at all Tuesday, and probably <br />won't want to in the future. <br />City officials had proposed what <br />they called a "decency clause" t0 <br />ban the public from making "nega- <br />tive or defamatory„ comments at <br />council. meetings. <br />Any such rule <br />� =� <br />would violate the <br />