Need For Multiple Public Forums

In the City of Clayton's June 2006 issue of City Views, Mayor Uchitelle announced that "the JSC plans to hold a public forum in the Fall to give status reports and invite additional citizen comments." Given that the population of the combined cities is nearly 25,000, a one-time forum would fall short of offering fair opportunity for all interested citizens to attend. If say 2% of the population were interested, that's 500 citizens. Personal scheduling and space considerations alone would preclude a large number of these 500 from attending. The potential merger is the single most important issue the two cities have ever and may ever face and citizens should be offered a reasonable opportunity to speak.