CORTLAND — Former Cortland City Councilman Jerry Bayus Jr. has taken advantage of the flexible policy of Cortland City Council for public comments at council meetings in recent months.

He spoke for hours at council meetings in Diedre Petrosky and city council handled the replacement of Service Director Kim Blasco when Blasco left the position in January for a job with Boardman Township. The city has no service director.

What might have been short remarks at other local governmental meetings went on for well over an hour at the Aug. 18 and Sept. 3 meetings. Bayus requested the resignation of Petrosky and Law Director Patrick Wilson at both meetings. His remarks were not a continuous presentation because his remarks prompted responses from city officials.

For example, Bayus first started

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