Opinion: Mantua’s ‘gag order’ keeps constituents in the dark about council members’ views

Mayor Linda Clark. Gerald Biggerstaff/The Portager

Opinion: Mantua’s ‘gag order’ keeps constituents in the dark about council members’ views

- Ben Wolford

Last week, we broke the news that the village of Mantua is considering putting an income tax increase on the ballot to raise money for the police department. 

At a time when attitudes toward policing in America are changing and residents of all political stripes are averse to more taxes, we wanted to know what the members of village council thought about this proposal.

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