Four Council Members Vote for Small Closed Meetings
Posted by ryan on February 26, 2008
The previous city council frequently met in small groups of two or three members to talk about various issues. By conducting meetings in this manor the groups were not required to invite the public to the meetings and in most cases they did not.
“Several council members — T. Dianne Bellamy-Small, Mayor Yvonne Johnson, Robbie Perkins and Goldie Wells — voted last week to return to the small-group model. Perkins said it was helpful to hear from department heads and receive more detailed information about how the city is being run.The vote failed.
The council members who opposed returning to small groups: Trudy Wade, Mike Barber, Sandra Anderson Groat, Zack Matheny and Mary Rakestraw.” (News & Record)
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Shows you who is for open and transparent government.
February 26, 2008 at
The previous city council frequently met in small groups of two or three members to talk about various issues. By conducting meetings in this manor the groups were not required to invite the public to the meetings and in most cases they did not.
“Several council members — T. Dianne Bellamy-Small, Mayor Yvonne Johnson, Robbie Perkins and Goldie Wells — voted last week to return to the small-group model. Perkins said it was helpful to hear from department heads and receive more detailed information about how the city is being run.The vote failed.
The council members who opposed returning to small groups: Trudy Wade, Mike Barber, Sandra Anderson Groat, Zack Matheny and Mary Rakestraw.” (News & Record)
And obvious lame attempt to exclude certain council members, especially two of the new ones, from meetings in an effort to keep certain members uninformed. This is very serious especially since one of them leading the charge is the Mayor herself! The heat is on and some of the old council are attempting to start a clique. You would think that one of the requirements to sit on the city council is to have an IQ larger than thier hat size! Is this the Mayors definition of being transparent!