An ARMED GUARD was posted at the November 15 2010 Kalona City Council Meeting. Mayor Jerry Kauffman and the Council embraced a previously-unobserved set of rules/restrictions on *PUBLIC PARTICIPATION at KALONA CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS* This is in KALONA, IOWA -- *Quilt Capital of the Galaxy* Perhaps the Mayor and Council are used to a more passive citizenry. The ESSENCE of the "RULES" is expressed in an exchange between Councilman Ken Herington and Mayor Jerry Kauffman in the last 15 seconds of this video. HERINGTON: "So my question is, does that mean that if something comes up in a Council meeting, the Public really doesn't have an opportunity to speak?" KAUFFMAN: "Correct. That's correct." Does "banty rooster" ring a bell?
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