[RP TownTalk] TownTalk Digest, Vol 62, Issue 6

[Euniverz at aol.com]

COC/Keeper;
 
I cannot speak to why elected officials get elected/reelected if they are  
not in total compliance with the law, although I suspect it's because we 
don't  know whether they are in compliance or not.  In this county,  however, 
it happens a lot; far more than I ever realized.  The county,  including the 
county attorneys, is now dealing with a lawsuit that alleges  they are 
almost constantly in violation of the sunshine laws and many of  the county 
commission meetings are in violation of the law.  I have heard  first hand that 
the county council had a system by which they would rotate in  and out of one 
of the councilmembers' offices in Upper Marlboro to "hold a  meeting"; 
since the office didn't have more than the number of council  members in the 
room AT ANY ONE TIME (that would put them over the limit that  would invoke the 
sunshine laws), they got away with holding meetings and  discussions that 
should have been publicly available.  
 
I too was dumbfounded by the blatant nose-thumbing.  It's very,  very 
common.  I can't speak to any potential issues with the way Riverdale  Park 
works, but violations occur in this county regularly.
 
By the way, the dismissiveness of your last paragraph was  disheartening.
 
Adrianne Lefkowitz
Madison Street
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/9/2011 8:00:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
towntalk-request at riverdale-park.org writes:

Ms  Lefkowitz, How dare you interject reason into this topic??


In  this public environment with those apposed to the project watching, 
and  the advice (I'm sure) of the town lawyer, what do you think the 
answer to  your question is?

If people really think the Mayor and Council Members  are dumb enough to 
hold a meeting that is not in total compliance with the  law, how did 
they get elected/re-elected? Its not like this is the first  closed 
meeting that has been held in town. Not even the first closed  meeting 
about development in Riverdale Park.

So much noise about so  little substance. There are aspects of the 
Cafrtiz project that honest  people can differ on and we wast all this 
bandwidth and time on things  that aren't even a matter of opinion.
-- 
I'm the Cranky Old Coot's  keeper, and I approve this message

Lou King


Euniverz wrote,  On 9/8/2011 3:23 PM:
> The bottom line is....

> Adrianne  Lefkowitz
> Madison  Street
>
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