Florence Open Meeting Project

 

We're still highly amused that the Florence Historical Preservation Board has been having secret sub-committee meetings. Do they have special decoder rings too?

We also know that in the recent past, the Ag Authority Board has been, shall we say, lax in announcing times and places for both regular and called meetings. These things get better only if the public intervenes.

That brings us to a new Facebook page: Florence, Alabama, Open Meeting Project

We have just joined this group and hope that all citizens who wish for transparency in local government will also give it a look and perhaps even choose a city board to monitor. So far this page has mainly monitored the historical commission, but obviously there may be other boards/commissions which prefer to act in the dark. Light is a good thing!

Now we'll touch a little on this blogging group's naivete. Why is a police officer (paid with our tax dollars?) needed to sit in on a meeting among local historical preservationists? What if he's needed for a pressing emergency at the semi-annual Belk's white sale or to police a tiddlywinks convention? Just what are missing?