Skip to content

Category Archives: Closed Door Award

City Council Breaks Open Meetings Law

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

It’s time to award another Closed Door Award. This one goes to City Manager Jean Ann McGrane and Economic Development Director Robert McKenna for shutting out the public to a meeting that had a majority of the city council present and thus fell under the Open Meetings Law.
According to Jenny Loeb, a community organizer [...]

Also filed in City Council Meetings, Government Transparency, Open Meetings Law, Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments (4)

Inaugural Closed Door Award

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Today’s post marks the inauguration of the “Closed Door Award,” an award that is given to distinguish gratuitous use of executive session by a governmental body.
The gratuitous use of executive session is anathema to good government and open government.
Now there is a way to recognize when a governmental body inappropriately shuts the public out. [...]

Also filed in Government Transparency, Open Meetings Law, Public Good | Tagged , , | Comments (0)