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    A member of a closed social media group violated its spirit by sharing screenshots of comments. The author understands nothing on social media is truly private. They have also learned that public comments by company owners or employees criticizing a city, its staff, or officials do not affect who is awarded city contracts, as contracts are awarded to responsive low bidders. An example comment criticizing the city from a business owner who later received a lucrative city contract is attached, though free speech allows such criticism.

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    A member of a closed social media group violated its spirit by sharing screenshots of comments. The author understands nothing on social media is truly private. They have also learned that public comments by company owners or employees criticizing a city, its staff, or officials do not affect who is awarded city contracts, as contracts are awarded to responsive low bidders. An example comment criticizing the city from a business owner who later received a lucrative city contract is attached, though free speech allows such criticism.

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    A member of a closed social media group violated its spirit by sharing screenshots of comments. The author understands nothing on social media is truly private. They have also learned that public comments by company owners or employees criticizing a city, its staff, or officials do not affect who is awarded city contracts, as contracts are awarded to responsive low bidders. An example comment criticizing the city from a business owner who later received a lucrative city contract is attached, though free speech allows such criticism.

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    Cynthia

    I appreciate the opportunity to comment. The person who shared those screen shots was violating the
    spirit of the group from which they were taken. Members are specifically asked not to do that.
    Regardless, I understand that closed group or no closed group nothing said on social media is private.

    Since I posted those comments, I have learned that there is, in fact, nothing I can do to effect the
    decision-making process about who is awarded City contracts. It does not matter how many awful public
    comments the owner or employees of a company make about the City, its staff or its elected officials. We
    award construction contracts to responsive low bidders.

    Attached is an example of a comment made by Dee Saale. The hypocrisy of business owners who bash
    the City then take contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from the City is more than a little
    galling. It's free speech though, so they can say what they want.

    Julie Merritt, City Council Ward 6 Representative


    (406) 207-2358 jmerritt@ci.missoula.mt.us

    ***Email to and from this account is public and may be audited at any time***

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