After antisemitic rants, Lynnwood council changes public comment rules

LYNNWOOD — The city of Lynnwood announced changes to its remote public comment requirements Thursday, after three speakers uttered a series of racist and antisemitic remarks in the public comment portion of a recent City Council meeting.

The first disruptive commenter at the Nov. 27 council meeting asked for a city declaration condemning Israel’s actions against Palestine, followed by an antisemitic rant.

Mayor Christine Frizzell told him to “clean up” his language.

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.Now Lynnwood will require online registration 24 hours in advance of making remote public comment. The online form asks a number of questions, including the commenter’s full name, address, which meeting they want to comment in and what they want to speak about.

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