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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Stopping the Talking

Some City Fathers want to muzzle the public forum.

Personally?

I don’t think THIS is a ‘good idea’.

I think the televising of the City Father’s meetings is a GREAT idea. And that includes letting people bring their pet peeves before the council meetings for the world to see. It allows the general public to use technologies to improve their understanding and promote their participation in the busy of governing this great city.

To remove from public view the occasions when people can speak in the same manner as the City Fathers speak in council is anathema to good government.

There may be occasions when someone behaves badly. That’s life. We’ve laws in place to deal with such occasions. We should let the law deal with such instances, if and when they arise. We should NOT gag the public in general, silencing them in the public forum of the City Chambers, just because someone is worried about litigation. If we’re so worried about litigation that we cannot even speak in the public forum, as the City Fathers do, then we may as well do away with the Bill of Rights altogether. And turn EVERYTHING over to the attorneys.

My suggestion to the City Fathers about the odd individual who comes before them so very often is to put them at the very bottom of the list of any others who may come forward to address them. Such individuals may get ‘bumped’ due to time limitations, e.g., not enough slots during the Public Forum period. Such a mechanism would allow others who are not quite such frequent criers to get their words heard in chambers and on the air.

Admittedly, there will likely be times when no one else has signed up to address the City Fathers and such a person will be there. But all I can say to that is....

You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.

Or is there another reason why the City Fathers want to eliminate televised public critique of their performance?

Posted by Chuck Pelto at 10:05 AM in
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