Last night at the council committee meeting there was an item on the agenda to insure open government. The item was a proposed change to PS-7 which would clarify that citizens could comment on items brought forth by council members during the portion of council meetings known as "Miscellaneous Council Items"
Five council members voted to forward the item to a council meeting with a recommendation to approve the change. These five were Dan Pflumm, Eric Jenkins, Mike Kemmling, Stephanie Meyer and Brandon Kenig.
Three of the council members voted against this item. They were Jim Neighbor, Jeff Vaught and Mickey Sandifer. As to be expected Vaught especially showed his true colors when it comes to open government and citizen participation. Neighbor and Sandifer were not far behind him. Naturally, Vaught, feeling he was immune from citizen feedback, has on numerous occasions used that portion of the meeting as his own personal bully pulpit to excoriate individuals and entities.
He did say last night that if I didn't like what was said I could always blog about it. Well, I'll continue to do that too.
DTJVSD
