Politics & Government
New Baltimore Meetings in Your Living Room?
A longtime resident wants city council meetings televised for people who cannot attend them in person.

Will New Baltimore meetings be a click away in the future?
That's what longtime resident Don Hoppa would like to see.
"There's a lot of people who would like to come to the meetings but can't," Hoppa said at the City Council meeting Monday night.
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City officials said they will discuss the topic in upcoming weeks.
"We talked about that a million times in the past," Mayor Larry Smith said about broadcasting the meetings. "I have no problems with that. We should show the city's transparency."
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Smith said he doesn't know of any technological or financial reasons the city would not be able to televise the meetings. Many surrounding communities, such as Chesterfield Township, air their municipal meetings for people who cannot attend them in person.
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