Clarion-Ledger – MDOT: Public has clear right to know
The state Ethics Commission ruled Friday that Southern District Transportation Commissioner Wayne Brown and Northern District Transportation Commissioner Bill Minor “knowingly and willingly” violated the state’s open meetings laws.
Such “chance meetings” fly in the face of the state’s open meetings laws and should be an insult to the taxpayers.
It’s not a matter of excluding just Hall. It’s a matter of excluding the press, the public and everyone else with a right to witness the discussion of a public works project funded with taxpayer dollars.
How many other “dinner” discussions decide transportation policy for taxpayers, when taxpayers aren’t invited?
This is just another in a long line of excellent arguments for abolishing the elected Transportation Commission and making MDOT accountable to the taxpayers – not just to the chosen few.
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10/6/9
Magnolia Tribune
