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Posted on 05/29/2003 10:43:26 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:31:17 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
AS part of his black-hole budget, Gov. Gray Davis has proposed ending the requirement that city councils, school boards and other local agencies notify the public and publish the agendas of upcoming meetings.
It is a backdoor attempt to shift the choice to post agendas -- and the costs -- to local governing bodies, which are as desperate for funds as the governor. No doubt, some of those boards and agencies would choose saving money over posting agendas.
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If we had not been notified about a business coming into our small community and the subsequent public meeting discussing the situation we wouldn't have been able to get a letter to the clerk in time to be able to present our reasons stating it is a bad idea. If a letter hasn't been sumitted before the meeting one can not speak.
As it turned out the form submitted by the business have outright lies regarding several things including the kind of streets available for access. This will surely not help their case when the meeting comes up.
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