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> She can petition her elected representatives elsewhere

And then she will be told that they are busy and that petitioning should be reserved for city council meetings.

Have you never dealt with government bureaucracy?

And? The point remains: freedom of speech is not a guarantee that you'll have an audience. Like it or not, the city council has no obligation to grant an audience to her. That's probably bad for their reelection campaign, though, and like I said she can campaign for a challenger next election.

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