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The public speaks

Grecia Sanniota made a small bit of High Point history Monday night, becoming the first resident to take advantage of High Point City Council's new public comment period.

The council set public comments at 5:30 p.m. at their first Monday meeting each month after the General Assembly ratified a new law requiring local governing bodies to open the floor to public comment at least once a month.

Sanniota was one of three speakers to take advantage of the public comment period.

Proving the old adage that all politics is local, Sanniota came to the podium to ask council about making improvements to Waterview Road, where she lives.

She asked for help with drainage problems and requested the city install sidewalks or widen the road to make it safer for her and her neighbors to walk to Oak Hollow Lake, which is at the southern end of the street.

Mayor Becky Smothers said the city would look into her request.

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