Free Speech Amendment Passes Wildwood Committee, Heads To Council

WILDWOOD, MO — An amendment amending the rules of the Wildwood City Council has cleared the city's administration/public works committee and is headed to the full city council for a vote. The amendment was introduced by Councilmember Steve Taylor, who was charged (and later cleared) of disturbing the peace at a St. Louis Community College Board meeting last year.

In April, Taylor won a seat on the Wildwood City Council as a reformer. "I ran in part on allowing residents more access to their council and Mayor in particular, giving them the ability to ask direct questions of the Mayor or Council," Taylor said in an email.

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Currently, citizens are prevented from questioning councilmembers or the mayor during the council's public comment period. Taylor thought that wasn't right, so he proposed an amendment that would give citizens the right to talk directly to their representatives.

"This Tuesday the administration/public works committee with much discussion and debate approved the amendment and it now will go to the full council," Taylor said. "I am cautiously optimistic that it will be approved by the Council and will allow greater freedom of speech and exchange by our residents before the council."

Read the amendment here:

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