tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12902554.post8702021609552006066..comments2023-06-23T11:39:05.863-03:00Comments on noe4accountability: March 4, 2010 Morristown-Hamblen CFA (Citizens for Accountability) Tapes City Council Meetings (UPDATE: Video Clip Available)Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04185746977726490087noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12902554.post-41529135982107585642010-03-06T11:31:36.345-04:002010-03-06T11:31:36.345-04:00Tim,
You have hit the nail on the head.
The May...Tim,<br /><br />You have hit the nail on the head. <br /><br />The Mayor and Councilmembers would like to avoid the public and cameras altogether. <br /><br />The real discussion of public business takes place in Finance Committee meetings and now work sessions that are held in the Mayor's Conference Room--a teeny room with a table that seats about 10 people. <br /><br />By using the teeny conference room, taxpayers and city staff and even city consultants (Lamar Dunn, McGill & Associates, etc.) have to stand around the room or in the doorways or in the hall just outside the conference room while speaking to the council or while trying to hear what's going on.<br /><br />Why meet in a teeny conference room when a spacious chamber with ample seating for the public is right next to it?<br /><br />The reason is obvious. <br /><br />They want to be able to say it was a "public meeting" while ensuring that the "public meeting" is held in a small cramped room where there are only a few seats available for the public or anyone else.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04185746977726490087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12902554.post-72250680579844780812010-03-04T18:28:54.225-04:002010-03-04T18:28:54.225-04:00It appears the city council wants to copy Congress...It appears the city council wants to copy Congress and would prefer to do their job in the dark and behind closed doors.<br /><br />Keep shining the light of truth on these people.TimNnoreply@blogger.com