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....and I'm fairly certain that if he has enough sense not to dive with a hatch open, he knows that you cannot do away with executive sessions but you can ask him. And don't forget, Feller, the consummate vote whore, will tell you anything for your vote but he too knows you can't do away with executive sessions.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Why, yes, Rick, I do have Royal Weaver's e-mail address....
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....and I'm fairly certain that if he has enough sense not to dive with a hatch open, he knows that you cannot do away with executive sessions but you can ask him. And don't forget, Feller, the consummate vote whore, will tell you anything for your vote but he too knows you can't do away with executive sessions.
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Jay,
The law does not state they have to go into executive session. It states they MAY.
If they choose to go into it, it is by choice, not law.
But thanks for the e-mail addy.
Rick, I've explained it to you at length before. If you did not get it then,there is no point in repeating myself.
There no point in hiding behind closed doors either.
The peoples business should be don in front of the people.
We may disagree, But I still love man!!!!
But not everything is necessarily the public's business when it first comes up. Example: A guy is working for the city. His ex-wife sends in an anonymous tip that he is having an unnatural relationship with a nanny goat during working hours. Would you have that discussed in open session when it was still in the un-investigated accusation stage?
The county wants to push through a brand new road. The county engineer need to show the board the route thast studies haver shown would be the best. Should that be done n public so that dep pocketed speculators can go out and quickly buy up all the land along the route, then quickly draw up bogus plans for some grandiose developent plan for the land so that tey can jack up the fair market value at condemnation proceedings?
The CCBOC is looking to hire a county manager. Should they reveal the names of all the applicants at the very beginnign of the process, thus possibly endangeringthe current jobs of all of the applicants?
THINK!
Jay you make excellent points. Exec session is a valuable tool for governing bodies. Certainly it should not be abused, but is NEEDED. Local governments cannot afford the liability of discussing all H.R. current events as they relate to specifics, nor can they afford the bidding wars that could be sparked by those who do not have the public good in mind as it relates to real estate. If a citizen feels like a specific group has abused this, then discussion on that specific example may be warrented but don't throw out the baby with the bath water.
Jay,
I agree. But is quite clear that Rick treats everything in a macro sense when sometime a micro approach is needed. That is a big reason some many are turned off by his blog and rantings on Topix. There is a time and place for executive session.
Anno #23
Executive sessions are necessary to discuss personel problems, real estate purchases and litigation. You can't discuss litigation tactics in public. What happens is you come out of executive session and then take action.No action is to be voted on in executive session. We have laws that hold them accoutable. The Sunshile Law. Executive sessions being done away with is like riding a lame horse in a race. It will not work.
Jay,
The scenarios you painted were perfect. I am surprised Macro Rogers has not returned to agree. I guess I have his MO tagged.
Anno #23
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