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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-21-07 07:09 AM
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Public sitting out Brockton budget debate
By Maria Papadopoulos, Enterprise staff writer

BROCKTON — It was a public hearing that had no public.

A group of city voters who had requested a public hearing on the fiscal 2008 budget were a no-show Monday night at City Hall.

“This is embarrassing,” Councilor-at-large Tom Brophy said after the public hearing was officially opened and closed within a couple of minutes by City Council President Dennis Eaniri.

Eaniri twice asked for any public speakers to approach the podium, but no one rose to the microphone.

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