The agenda for the next board meeting, June 4, 2008 link
shows that the public forum has been moved back inside
the meeting itself.
This a monumental defeat of Paula Maes' interest in
preventing stakeholders from petitioning their government
on the record.
Comments made during the public forum will now be
on the public record of the board meeting, and presumably,
will be broadcast* to the community.
There is still a fly in the ointment however;
the forum has been moved to the middle of the meeting;
after "recognitions".
When it was at the beginning of the meeting, those people,
who normally show up only for the "recognitions" part of
the meetings, heard the comments.
Public forum nows begins after they,
and any news coverage that might have been in attendance,
have left the the board room.
Still,
better than nothing; and a clear, albeit small victory for
open government; and a clear, albeit small defeat
for Paula Maes, her arrogance, and her disrespect for
stakeholders, and their right to petition their government
eyeball to eyeball.
Please note, the agenda includes recognition for former
Deputy Supt. Tom "keep your mouths shut" Savage;
(for his successful efforts in keeping stakeholders in the dark
about the corruption and incompetence in the
APS Police and Finance Divisions, for as long as he did.)
* It is unclear, at least to me,
if board meetings are actually being broadcast to the community.
The broadcasts on TalNet, channel 96 have always been sketchy at best; often not being broadcast at all.
Supposedly, KANW is now "streaming"(?) the meetings in real time, and archiving the meetings on their website. However, I can find no indication on their website that any of this is actually taking place. KANW homepage link
It is also unclear whether or not the video broadcast is still supposed to be on TalNet.
Obviously, I have a little more research to do,
about which I am procrastinating because trying to find out anything at all about the APS is an exercise in frustration and futility.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Public Forum is back on the Public Record
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Unfortunately TalNet and APS point fingers at each other. In the last 2 years I've taken to recording channel 96 from 4 to 6 pm. usually, when I call or email to find out why it wasn't aired APS "forgot" to bring it to them. They only have one lackey to bring it down there. All that high tech for naught. One time TalNet said they had run it when my recording showed other programming. At any rate, it has gotten to the point that 2 out of 3 times it is not on. You can almost guarantee that when there is a controversial meeting it swill NOT be aired. At Least Brad had them run 2 or 3 times over a weekend. He was quite good at getting on the T.V., shades and all.
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