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Subject:[EXTERNAL][Possible Scam Fraud]PUBLIC COMMENT: Selecting New Commissioner
Date:Wednesday, November 22, 2023 2:58:13 PM
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Dear Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Commissioners,
In your pursuit of selecting a new commissioner, please consider candidates that have extensive background
knowledge and professional experiences with the actual process of design codes, zoning, and urban
development. The town has been too long stymied by armchair planners, and those that rather just put a
hard stop on progress and close the door behind us.
Flying at the break-neck speed of social media, there are several candidates that play the role of our own
next door vigilantes. Much misaligned rhetoric and accusations tap through their keyboards: if one does
earn a commissioner’s seat, how could the citizenry of ALL of Bozeman trust that their decisions aren’t just
an attempt to control the narrative that development is bad and all new residents that choose not to live like
they do (ie: single-family, stand-alone housing) are part of the problem?
Bozeman does have huge future hurdles to jump (water supply, affordable housing), but you need a partner
you can trust to take the leap with, not one who will further tether this town to a standstill.
We need leaders that are community builders, not community dividers and defeaters.
Thank you for your time and attention,
Laura
Laura M. Ryan
603 South 10th Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715