Alpharetta City Hall Meeting Reflection

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At the beginning of the semester, my mom made me send her all of my spring 2017 class syllabi so that she could see all the work I would be doing in the upcoming semester. About a month into the semester my mom called me to talk to me about my politics and society “final paper”. Having only been one month into the school year I had not really thought of any finals for any of my classes. My mom told me that there was an available Alpharetta City Hall meeting later in the week and that I should attend it to get it out of the way for my class. I decided to do research on City Hall Meetings and came to the realization that the one my mom suggested I go to was probably the best one I could have asked for at the time. The Alpharetta City Hall meeting that I attended was unique from all the others, because it was planned specifically for the purpose of getting information from local residents. Even though I live in Johns Creek, I was still allowed to sit in on the meeting and observe. Although, I could not actually voice my …show more content…

For the most part, they did just read off questions that they wanted to discuss and wrote down notes to themselves, but if they did have something to say about the issue they would speak up in a very respectful and calm manner. To me, I thought that the type of meeting that the city hall put together was very respectful, because from the beginning, the city hall members told the residents that they were there so listen so that they could “get the publics input on how Alpharetta should be”. After this visit I gained a lot of respect for the public officials and how they run the city of Alpharetta. I also really respect how they incorporated everyone and listened to everyone’s opinions and did not shut any one down on the spot, which made the local residents feel like they were really being heard and that their voice

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