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Democrats Lauren Book and Nikki Fried were among protestors arrested at Tallahassee City Hall after violating a trespass warning from law enforcement.
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After multiple interruptions from protesters shouting, Senate President Kathleen Passidomo made all spectators leave, before the vote was taken behind closed doors.
Mayor John Dailey and Commissioners Curtis Richardson and Dianne Williams-Cox defended the move to arrest the protesters, while Commissioners Jeremy Matlow and Jack Porter blasted it.
On April 5, The Village Square is hosting the 11th annual Tallahassee Town Hall at WFSU Public Media.
Supporters say residents who are customers of municipal utilities but live outside city boundaries are being taxed without representation.