Thursday, July 26, 2012

Citizens ask expired Pinellas commissioners to resign

In a lengthy and dramatic public comment period at Tuesday's Pinellas County Commission meetng, 22 citizens attended to defend the county's voter-approved law that limits commissioners to eight years in office.

 

To watch the comments, click here.

As four commissioners were elected in 2000 and are currently serving in violation of the law, most of the speakers explicitly asked the ineligible commissioners to resign. All four commissioners reacted with stony silence.