Secret meetings out of county by Oconee Board of Commissioners
Why does our current Board of Commissioners keep doing the people's business without notice or input? It is time for these people to be sent home, and we need your help to do it. Read more about the following at the Lee Becker blog, and thanks to Charlie Baugh for letting us know
Subject: A BOC Meeting We Aren't Supposed to Know About
Dear Friends:
In a meeting Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis has tried to keep out of the public eye, the Commissioners met on December 7 in Madison, Georgia, to discuss a variety of issues, including the Rocky Branch sewage plant upgrade, a County sales tax, and the sale of beer, wine and alcohol by the drink in the County.
The meeting took place at the James Madison Inn & Conference Center. The Inn gave the County an invoice of $683.20 for the meeting, payable on the day of the meeting.
Chairman Davis used emergency procedures to give minimal public notice of the meeting, which actually was planned at least three weeks in advance. Georgia law stipulates that the meeting had to be open to the public.
Please go to my blog, http://www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com/, for the full story. It is a long story, but I'm confident you'll learn something you didn't know about your County as a result.
Georgia law says that governments must conduct their business in public, since it is the public’s business. This case shows, however, how easy it is to keep the public in the dark if that is what the leaders want.
Lee
Lee Becker
lbbecker@mindspring.com
Subject: A BOC Meeting We Aren't Supposed to Know About
Dear Friends:
In a meeting Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis has tried to keep out of the public eye, the Commissioners met on December 7 in Madison, Georgia, to discuss a variety of issues, including the Rocky Branch sewage plant upgrade, a County sales tax, and the sale of beer, wine and alcohol by the drink in the County.
The meeting took place at the James Madison Inn & Conference Center. The Inn gave the County an invoice of $683.20 for the meeting, payable on the day of the meeting.
Chairman Davis used emergency procedures to give minimal public notice of the meeting, which actually was planned at least three weeks in advance. Georgia law stipulates that the meeting had to be open to the public.
Please go to my blog, http://www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com/, for the full story. It is a long story, but I'm confident you'll learn something you didn't know about your County as a result.
Georgia law says that governments must conduct their business in public, since it is the public’s business. This case shows, however, how easy it is to keep the public in the dark if that is what the leaders want.
Lee
Lee Becker
lbbecker@mindspring.com
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