Council Hearing On City Domestic Violence Program Canceled After Not Enough Alders Show Up
A city council hearing regarding a domestic violence program was canceled due to a lack of a quorum. Only eight of the required nine alderpeople attended the meeting.
Only eight alderpeople showed up to a hearing Thursday about the city's victim services program, one short of the number needed for a quorum. One survivor called the cancellation a "travesty."
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