Judge orders University City to apologize, pay lawyer fees of resident barred from meetings
ST. LOUIS • A federal judge here on Tuesday ordered University City officials to publicly apologize to a resident expelled from a City Council meeting last year and to lift restrictions on the content of speakers’ comments at future meetings.
University City Mayor Shelley Welsch demanded police remove resident Andrew Roberts from a meeting on Jan. 11, 2016, while he was reading prepared statements calling for the censure of Welsch.
Roberts was unhappy with a proposal from Welsch calling for the censure of Councilman Terry Crow.
Welsch was attempting to reprimand Crow at the January meeting for forwarding an email she said held confidential information on political campaigning by public employees.
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