Last night Mr. Berry surprised me when he toted the open meetings law during the meeting.
The case is like this.
In reference to Charlene Sears accusing Mike Fender of not doing his job, Ms. Sears wanted to discuss this matter in private in executive session away from the people. Berry totes out the open meetings law and states that IT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO HEAR EVIDENCE AGAINST A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE IN A CLOSED SESSION. That is coming from an attorney, actually probably two attorney's as Brent Green I am sure agrees or he would have said differently.
This is the same thing the school board does. If you have a complaint against a school employee and you want to be heard in public, they will not let you. It says so on the agenda. So they even put it in writing. They will take you in to executive session and hear it. That is against the open meetings law.
I need all concerned citizens to pack into the school board meeting on Tuesday August 14, 2007, and demand we be allowed to speak openly and publicly if we wish.
I have no problem with a parent or teacher who has a complaint and wants to resolve it without the public eye. That is their choice. I am only saying that if they want to speak publicly on the issue they should be able to.
"The people of this County do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created." ***The views expressed on this blog are the opinions of the individual that wrote them.
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does Charlene go feed Willies Hogs?
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