REMARKS
Importance of access to elected officials and local government information
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Scott McLeod emphasizes the importance of providing access to elected officials and information about local government operations to library patrons. He highlights the public's interest in understanding how local government works and engaging with their representatives.
- Patrons are curious about local government operations and want to meet elected officials
- Office hours held by elected officials in library branches have received positive feedback
- There is a desire for more information about community boards and how people can get involved
- Libraries seek to continue facilitating dialogue between elected officials and constituents
Scott McLeod
1:16:08
For us, I it's really looking at access and information.
1:16:13
People are curious about how local government works.
1:16:17
I was thrilled to hear share that you were participating in, you know, civic literacy related programming.
1:16:30
Our our our constituents want to meet their elected officials.
1:16:34
They want to to talk with you.
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They want to hear from you.
1:16:38
Having you come and do office hours in our branches has been, you know, really positive, and we've gotten a lot of good feedback from our customers wanting more when we do things about the community boards and knowing how they operate and how people can get involved.
1:16:54
So I think for us, it's it's having or continuing to have access to you, to hear from you, to know that our our patrons can can speak with you and being able to continue that 2 way dialogue.
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Within our spaces.
Dr. Brandy McNeil
1:17:12
I echo everything you just said.
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Yeah.
1:17:15
For us, we have 4 polling sites largely in part because our process, how it works, is that we work the board of elections.
1:17:24
And so they they choose and kind of nominate where they would like to hold the elections within our branches.
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So we do have 4.
