tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301043.post111054439500336405..comments2007-04-24T17:40:04.458-04:00Katzenfinchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01604202597693433822mfinch@katzenfinch.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301043.post-1110556743275390392005-03-11T10:59:00.000-05:002005-03-11T10:59:00.000-05:00It would be interesting, if any among our residents is an attorney, to know what citation exists to make it illegal for the meeting's presiding official to allow further discussion after she dropped the gavel. In my own experience of being agency staff to one of the state's environmental boards, the board chairman has discretion and uses it to encourage openness of the public meeting. There have been corrections made such as, "...let the record reflect that I misspoke..." and then the meeting or hearing continues. The point of a public meeting is inclusion not exclusion such as was the case Thursday night at the school board meeting.<BR/>Prior to the HTP representatives entering the board room, the president had given a description of the Moore-86th land issue that was discussed at the Feb 24th meeting and her promise to Dorothy Miller to advise us when the issue would next be on the school board's meeting agenda. It seems the president's reasoning for not allowing discussion at last night's meeting, aside from her stance of illegality, was that it would not be fair to those who weren't at the meeting due to thinking there was no agenda item for discussing the possible land purchase.<BR/>Of course, that leaves the question of why is there opportunity provided on the agenda for "patrons" to speak to the board.mastevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17167454892908144586noreply@blogger.com