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Brief: Off-Beat The Broke Spoke hoodie at the CASA budget mic

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From LexBot twenty-four seven, here's an off-beat note from Lexington city government.

During the Fiscal Year twenty-twenty-seven budget public comment session on May fourteenth, a man stepped up to the microphone and identified himself as a District ten resident. He was wearing a hoodie from Broke Spoke Community Bike Shop, and it turns out he also works there as the shop's manager. He kept his personal identity separate, speaking strictly as a constituent rather than as a representative of the shop, though his employer's logo was front and center on his chest.

It's the kind of small, only-in-Lexington moment that shows up when everyday people get involved in local government. The Lex-Fayette Urban County Government has been gathering public input as it shapes next year's budget priorities.

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