Oh, this is good
In the nine months I've been writing for this blog, I've tried to keep the topics relevant to Utahns.
But this story from The Olympian is so outrageous, I couldn't resist sharing. The article recounts how members of the Olympia, Wash., city council were e-mailing each other about business during a public meeting. Effectively, the council was circumventing the public process during a public meeting.
The Olympian obtained the e-mails and reported:
In several e-mails, council members discussed topics that were before the council on the given night. In an exchange on Sept. 23, Kingsbury appeared to try to line up enough votes to release a property from the moratorium on development in Chambers Basin in southeast Olympia.
He wrote to Hyer, "Are you comfortable if I make a motion removing the Kramer property from the moratorium area, and I think I can get (Councilman) Craig (Ottavelli) to second. And, do you support that? We haven't had a chance to talk, but I am ready to do that."
About a minute later, he wrote to Ottavelli: "If I move to remove the Kramer property from the moratorium area, will you second? Or are you on that page. We have at least 4 if you are."
I just hope this is illegal in Utah and I'm not giving public officials any ideas.
— NC
Labels: Open and Public Meetings Act
1 Comments:
Nate: What's sad about this is that it has happened before in the Utah legislature. I remember going to committee meetings with laptop-toting reps who were clearly messaging each other during the meeting. Thankfully, I don't see too many laptops at committee meetings anymore, of course there is the House and Senate floor.
Joel Campbell
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