{"id":10632,"date":"2015-08-21T15:33:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T15:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=10632"},"modified":"2015-08-21T15:33:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T15:33:23","slug":"be-sure-to-respond-to-council-overture-public-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=10632","title":{"rendered":"Be sure to respond to council overture, public citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There might be an interesting back story developing once the Amarillo City Council commences its new meeting time at City Hall.<\/p>\n

The council says it will start meeting at 6 p.m. each Tuesday to give residents a better chance to attend the meetings. They do, after all, deal with the public’s business.<\/p>\n

The back story deals with some of the yammering we’ve heard over a period of time about the so-called “secrecy” that shrouds City Council business. Some of the critics of the downtown revival project, for instance, contend — wrongly, in my view — that too much of it was pre-determined in secret.<\/p>\n

Other gripes have concerned the work sessions that precede the official open City Council meetings, where council members actually vote on issues under consideration.<\/p>\n

Well, with the new after-hours meeting time, there will be plenty of interest from residents who have been unable to attend the council meeting when they took place at 3 p.m. So, logic would seem to dictate that the City Council chamber spectator seats will have more people in them to listen to council members discuss and act on public matters … correct?<\/p>\n

If the interest holds up, then perhaps there might be some credence given to the gripes about a lack of “public involvement.”<\/p>\n

If it doesn’t<\/em> sustain itself and the public doesn’t flock to the third floor Council Chambers meeting room each Tuesday evening, does that suggest that all the grumbling about secrecy was coming from a highly vocal minority of malcontents?<\/p>\n

Let’s watch for how this plays out.<\/p>\n

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