Archive for the ‘Open Government’ Category
According to morning radio host John Oliver, an unidentified Marshall County Council member made contact with WTCA to complain about the discussion last week between myself, John Oliver, and Tony Ross concerning the new public comment rules during council meetings.
During this mornings talk show, I called back in to clarify my position on the issue [...]
Public Participation Discussed on WTCA AM 1050
15 Mar 2010This morning I called into the WTCA AM 1050 morning show hosted by John Oliver and Tony Ross. They were kind enough to allow a discussion on the recent changes made by the Marshall County Council to eliminate public participation until the end of the public meetings. We all agreed that this rule [...]
When the Marshall County Council decided to hold the monthly meetings in the morning, they excluded most of working public from attending the meetings. Now that they have decided to not allow questions or comments until AFTER they have voted, they effectively silenced the public and made it impossible to proactively participate in our local [...]
Council Denies Request for Evening Meetings
15 Nov 2009Last week, the Marshall County Council decided by a 5-2 vote to keep the meetings in the morning. This is a disappointing outcome, however; I am pleased that council member Ralph Booker accepted my argument that meeting at 9am excludes 85% of the tax payers from the meetings.
Here is the audio from the November meeting [...]
Night Meetings Empower the People
4 Nov 2009“Freedom is participation in power.” These words were spoken over two-thousand years ago by the Roman orator Cicero. By accepting this definition of freedom, we must also accept that freedom is in jeopardy here in Marshall County. Our County Council and Commissioners choose to meet during the morning hours. According to [...]
Why I'm Running
I believe in transparency and openness. County Council meetings should take place in the evening and not the morning when most people cannot attend. We should have full visibility to Council spending. I firmly believe that the tax payers deserve to know if their money is well spent, or simply wasted.
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- Public Participation Discussion Continued on WTCA AM 1050
- Public Participation Discussed on WTCA AM 1050
- Public Participation Further Limited By The Marshall County Council
- Lowest Price is Not Always the Lowest Cost
- How to Become a Candidate for Local Office
- Council Denies Request for Evening Meetings
- Night Meetings Empower the People