Ron Bolin: Dec. 14, 2011

It seems that our new and self-proclaimed transparent Council got off on a shaky footing when they met for their first meeting on Monday, Dec. 12.  The old Council ended their term with an in-camera meeting to instigate an injunction against the Occupiers in Diana Krall Plaza.  (Why such a move should be made in-camera is beyond me.  It’s not as if this action had not been widely touted.)  Our new Council began their tenure with an already moved, seconded (and apparently approved) motion to go in-camera that was already reported as such in the agenda!!  Talk about fast action.  In this case it appeared to precede even the meeting.

It will be instructive to see how transparent our new Council will be.  Read the rest of this entry »