[Gone GF]

How was it "on the sly" when they made a motion and voted in an open session, a vote that no doubt was recorded in public minutes?

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"...made a motion and voted in an open session."

I guess I missed that part. I thought they admitted that they passed the resolution on the QT to avoid what is happening here.

While we are talking about it, was there anything interesting in the minutes of your county's last meeting? You know, things that didn't affect your taxes or your utilities but would have pissed you off if you they hadn't avoided public discussion.

Michael Frazier

[Moose4]

The vote may not have been recorded in public minutes. The article states that they used a "resolution" which does not require a public hearing, so it's entirely possible that they did it in some sort of executive session. I admit to not knowing the minutiae of such things.

It seems obvious, though, that they tried to sneak the change through with a minimum of public notice, and in fact they succeeded for a year and a half or so, until somebody got their 2006 car tax decal and spotted the change. Like I said a while back, I grew up there and I never knew there even *was* a St. Andrews Cross on the county seal. Somebody was eagle-eyed to spot it and get "offended" in the first place, and somebody else was eagle-eyed to spot the change.

}:-)4