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Commission
tries to erase aloof image (11/10/2002)
City officials were elated Tuesday when Sandusky's proposed charter amendment
failed. Still, the modest victory was bittersweet. Forty-five
percent of those who voted wanted to change Sandusky's form of government
...
System's
the same; now we need people (11/10/2002)
We have to take a look, various city officials said as the Sandusky charter
change went down to a narrower defeat than they would have liked, at why people
are ...
Charter
change backers: We'll be back (11/07/2002)
Supporters backing Sandusky's failed charter amendment are disappointed, but not
disheartened. Some are even flirting with the idea of putting the amendment back
on the ballot. "We only lost by ...
ELECTION
2002: Eagles building to get dozed (11/06/2002)
Mayor Brooks G. Hartmann joked Tuesday that he would like to drive a
bulldozer to work at City Hall -- just for the former Eagles building. With an
unofficial margin ...
ELECTION
2002: Sandusky charter change defeated (11/06/2002)
Voters rejected Sandusky's proposed charter amendment Tuesday. Final unofficial
results showed 3,614 votes against Issue 23 and 2,993 for the amendment,
according to the Erie County Board of Elections. "We ...
NAACP
endorses Issue 23 (11/05/2002)
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has decided to
endorse Sandusky's Issue 23. The decision came on the eve of today's election
and a few days after ...
Voters
to choose city's form of government (11/03/2002)
In two days, voters will decide if they want to change Sandusky's form of
government. If you're having a hard time sorting through the different arguments
surrounding the proposed charter ...
Wards
won't work (11/03/2002)
In recent days, a supporter of the mayor-ward system has
repeatedly stated those elected by wards would be more responsive than in
the present commission-manager form. This simply is not ...
Charter
not on most people's radar (11/03/2002)
Charter amendment? What charter amendment? It was a common question as the
Register made quick stops in area eateries Friday to ask how Sandusky residents
will vote on Issue 23. ...
Watch
what you say (11/01/2002)
This letter is in response to Mr. Darden and Mr. Bennett. I've always had a
problem with people in the ministry speaking for or against an issue we're
supposed to ...
Squaring
off: Sandusky charter change debated at NAACP forum (10/31/2002)
Tempers flared as the debate over Sandusky's charter amendment turned to race
Wednesday night. "Just because I am the person seen all the time pushing
the charter change doesn't mean ...
Time
to reform the reforms (10/30/2002)
If Issue 23 passes, two things will happen: First, Sandusky will adopt a strong mayor
form of governance - as opposed to the city manager system that we have now; ...
Wards
-- Accountability
(10/27/2002)
Residents have issues that affect their homes and lives and they see no one
downtown to work with them. The commission, the manager, everyone for years has
seemed to be ...
Whatever
the form, it's 'We the People' (10/27/2002)
Less then two weeks stand between voters and the election booth. In Sandusky,
there are several notable decisions to be made: a half percent increase in Erie
County's sales tax; ...
Anti-charter
group ahead in funds race (10/25/2002)
The political action committee pushing to maintain Sandusky's form of government
received $4,762 more toward its cause than those backing the proposed
charter amendment. So far, Sanduskians United Committee has ...
Don't
go backward (10/24/2002)
I was a city commissioner for 20 years and feel that the commission-manager form
of government is by far the best form for our city. As Mr. Darden stated a ...
Commissioners
consider if they'd stay after change (10/23/2002)
Commissioner Suanne Brown won't stay if Sandusky's form of government is
changed. Leroy Sizemore and Mike Kresser don't know if they can. "They
apparently don't approve of what we are ...
Charter
amendment debated (10/23/2002)
Two political science professors discussing Sandusky's future could only agree
on one thing Tuesday night: Sandusky won't blow up if it changes its form of
government. Fifty people, mostly familiar ...
Local
roundup (10/22/2002)
SANDUSKY Citizen group to debate charter amendments Two citizen groups
will meet to debate Sandusky's charter amendment at 6 p.m. Oct. 30. The debate,
sponsored by the National Association ...
If
all it took was heart, charter change would win (10/20/2002)
Dannie Edmon deserves a lot of credit. He's gone where others in Sandusky have
not dared to go. Like a summer line at a Cedar Point roller coaster, so pile ...
Bellevue,
Sandusky seek opposite routes to the same goal (10/20/2002)
Two separate groups -- one in Sandusky, one in Bellevue -- don't think their
city governments are listening to the cities' residents. The Sandusky group
wants to set up a ...
Wards
won't work (10/15/2002)
The "council-mayor plan," better known as the "ward
system," does not give its proponents what they seek. On Nov. 5, the voters
of Sandusky will consider Issue 23. In an ...
The
city does listen (10/11/2002)
On Nov. 5, Sandusky residents will head to the polls to vote on whether Sandusky
should change our form of government to a strong mayor-ward
system. I have attended quite ...
Attorney:
Amendment OK (10/08/2002)
Dannie Edmon's attorney on Monday refuted reports that the proposed charter
amendment doesn't include details key to the transition of the new government.
Questions about the mayor's salary and the ...
Devil's
in details of charter change (10/06/2002)
The question for the folks backing the change in Sandusky's system of government
used to be "Who's your candidate?" Now it's "What's their
job?" and "Where's their paycheck?" Some details, ...
Edmon,
supporters to host press conference Monday (10/05/2002)
Citizens for Responsive Sandusky Government will hold a press conference at 5
p.m. Monday to "set the record straight," according to group leader
Dannie Edmon. The press conference, which is ...
Charter
'holes' not easy to fix (10/04/2002)
If voters pass the proposed amendment to the city's charter in November,
"holes" found in the wording won't be fixed until 2005. It has left
city officials scrambling to decipher ...
Mayor-ward
for progress (10/04/2002)
The mayor-ward proposal is in the best interest for our city. It
allows the entire city, not just certain areas, to have a voice in our
government. The very nature ...
Charter
change could cause confusion (10/03/2002)
The proposed charter amendment to change Sandusky's form of government could
spell trouble for the city if it passes in November. "Holes" in the
proposed amendment because of vaguely worded ...
Legality
of commissioners' letter debated (10/03/2002)
By
BRANDI BARHITE
brandibarhite@sanduskyregister.com
SANDUSKY
It's
still unclear whether Sandusky City Commission acted improperly when it sent out
letters opposing a proposed charter amendment change. The 15,000
letters, which were mailed Monday, were included with copies of
Sandusky's amendment to change the city's form of government.
Six
of the seven commissioners signed the letter urging residents to vote against
changing Sandusky's form of government. Commissioner John Ginty did not.
"In
a democracy, people shouldn't be told what to do," he said Wednesday.
City
charter requires the documentation of the Nov. 5 ballot issue, filed at the Erie
County Board of Elections, be sent to registered voters, according to Sandusky's
Purchasing Agent Sharon Wittmer.
In
November, Sandusky residents will be asked to vote on whether Sandusky should
change its form of government to a strong mayor-ward system. If
approved, the charter amendment would divide the city into six wards.
Voters would elect a mayor and nine council members, three of whom would
be at-large, replacing the city manager and seven commission seats.
Law
Director Don Icsman said the letters were included "to make sure voters
knew that commission didn't support changing Sandusky's form of
government." Without a letter, voters might have assumed commissioners
supported the change since copies of the charter amendment were sent by the
city, he said. A similar commission letter was sent in 1993 opposing a change in
city government, Icsman said.
This
year's letter stated:
"There
are many other harmful impacts these proposed amendments would cause. The
determination of these amendments falls solely to you, the voters of the city.
The city commission is legally required to present a copy to you and this should
not be interpreted as an endorsement or support. Please vote no on Issue
23."
Dannie
Edmon, who collected the signatures to get the issue on the ballot, said the
city violated the state law that forbids cities from spending tax dollars to
campaign. Edmon heads Citizens for Responsive Sandusky Government, a political
action committee. The committee filed with the Erie County Board of Elections
last week.
Kim
Norris, spokeswoman for the state auditor's office, said state offices cannot
spend state money or time on a campaign issue, according to the Ohio Revised
Code. However, municipalities can adopt their own charter policies on the issue,
she said, and "they don't have to follow the Ohio Revised Code," she
said.
Icsman
said Sandusky doesn't have ordinances about campaigning, but adheres to the
state law.
City
Manager Gerald Lechner said city money was spent on the letter, but the letter
isn't considered campaigning.
"It
was an attempt to clarify why commission was sending voters the charter
amendment," Lechner said.
Icsman
said a violation of the law would be a city employee organizing campaign forums
while at work or putting campaign signs on city property.
Wittmer
said $7,305 was spent on the 12-page mailing. Postage was $2,468. She did not
know how much the commission letter cost the city.
Edmon
said he may file a complaint, but was investigating his options Wednesday night.
Numerous
political forums scheduled for October (09/29/2002)
Sandusky's charter amendment and the state representative race will be the focus
of upcoming political forums. The Erie County Chamber of Commerce, the Knights
of Columbus and the National Association ...
More than 900 sign
charter change petition - Sandusky Register By
LaRAYE BROWN
SANDUSKY (08/17/2002)
Supporters of a Sandusky
charter amendment that would divide the city into political wards have taken
their battle a step further, submitting petitions with more than 900 signatures
for certification.
Forty petitions with 914
signatures -- only 436 were required -- were submitted to the Erie County Board
of Elections Tuesday. More than 600 were validated, so the only thing that would
keep the strong mayor-ward form of government off the November ballot is city
commissioners.....
Strong-mayor
supporter told not to talk politics at city commission meeting
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
Dannie Edmon
was silenced at Monday's commission meeting after announcing his intention to
get the strong mayor-ward issue on the November ballot. Edmon came to the
meeting to ask which city department was responsible for date-stamping the
petitions so he can begin collecting the 436 signatures needed to put the issue
up for vote.
"You can't talk politics
now," Ex-officio Mayor Frank Valli interjected when Edmon spoke during the
public participation portion of the meeting.
"This is exactly why we
need a change of government," Edmon fired back as he took his seat.
Edmon and his supporters have
made two previous attempts to get the issue on the ballot. Edmon said the city
must stamp the petitions so he can have them certified by the Erie County Board
of Elections.,,,,Law Director Don Icsman told Edmon he needs to seek outside
legal advice if he wants to know how to proceed.
"If I can't ask the city
for legal advice, what am I paying taxes for?" Edmon said after the
meeting. "It's not that big of a deal, but how can I not talk about
politics at a city commission meeting when the whole meeting is about
politics?"
Letter -- Elect the
mayor
Tuesday,
May 28, 2002
Looks like the city of
Sandusky hired a new city engineer just in time. Maybe he can listen to the
citizens and put the design for the new overpass in the same file as the
original plans for the new fire station.
I had a most interesting
conversation with a man whom I had asked months ago to sign the mayor-ward
petition. At that time he was dead-set against it. Told me what a bad idea it
was. I talked with him today about the plans for the overpass. The last thing he
said to me was, "This is a good example of why Sandusky needs an elected
mayor."
I haven't heard anything
from the Mayor-ward committee. I think the leadership lost the energy to get it
going again. I don't have the energy to lead it. Anyone out there want to call a
meeting? I think if you do, you will pack the room with residents from the west
end, and I'll be there, too. - Barbara
F. Gregory
3/5/02 Strong
mayor issue won't be on May ballot -
The
head of the group trying to change Sandusky's form of government has decided
to wait until the November, despite the original plan to go for it in May.
12-07-01 - Strong
mayor issue to return
10-05-01 -
letter -- Speak from faith
- Those
of us who espouse the right to stand up and speak out about public issues are
beginning to become artifacts of a time when an opposing opinion was welcomed
by politicians.....There is no problem with speaking out, unless you weigh in
on the opposing side of a bureaucracy. Generally, public meetings are held to
announce what has been decided by them, not to listen and act on the good
counsel of the people. - Mark F. Bohne, Avery
10-05-01 - letter
-- Sandusky retaliates
- Short on leadership,
longing for activism? Maybe the editors of the Sandusky
Register need to read their own paper. The reasons for the lack of activism and
leadership shortage have been reported in the paper many times -- our city
retaliates against its citizens and commissioners. - Barbara F. Gregory
09-30-01 - Short
on leadership, longing for activism
- In the Sandusky City Commission meeting that followed
the city booting the election petition from the November ballot, no one showed
up at the city commission meeting to express concern over the unquestionably
suspicious manner in which it was dismissed.
The ushering out of another top city official last week has
hardly caused a murmur.
It's scary.
09-29-01 - Sulewski
reviews detailed; Lechner file empty
- According to Kresser,
the commission used to evaluate the city manager each year and make salary
recommendations accordingly. But the process died out.
09-25-01 - Mayor-ward
issue not on ballot
09-21-01 - Our
opinion -- Sabolsky's departure -- Maybe it's the system
09-20-01 - Sabolsky's
departure has local officials talking
- McKeen said she
enjoyed working with Sabolsky when he was director of GEM, but that "he
changed after he went to the city," shutting out efforts from the
county to work with him on projects.
09-17-01 - letter
to editor - City's deaf ear
-I
asked for a little help from our city to do a good deed and was turned down,
or maybe I should say, ignored.
09-15-01 - New
petition tally- 369
- "If you're
not allowed to do that by law," Rengel said, "what was the purpose
of contacting these people other than to harass them?"
09-09-01 - Franko
-- Mayor-ward initiative finally gets a 'bad guy'
- Instead,
the city pulled out cheap election
maneuvers that haven't been seen since -- well, OK, only 10 months ago
in Florida.
The
process included a staffer calling petition signers at home to verify their
signatures. The staffer, who has past petition verification experience, said
he's never called signers before.
The city
-- hiding behind the spin of its legal boss Don Icsman -- is trying hard to
convince folks that it was doing what was legal and they were holding everybody
up to the same standard.
Don't
believe it for a second.
09-08-01 - Spiteful
panic gave life to mayor-ward - The
commission should have put the issue on the ballot.
Consider this:
First,
it's very suspect that their legal advice was even correct.
09-08-01 - Petition
mess -- Mayor-ward fight headed to court - An
effort to let voters decide on a radical change in Sandusky's government sank
into further confusion Friday as the state's
top election office said the city commission acted on bad advice when it
denied the ballot issue.
09-08-01 - Backers,
foes stand by their sides -
Feick learned the petitions he turned in to run
for another term as commissioner also contained the language deemed invalid by
Squire Sanders. On Friday, the Erie County Board of Elections approved those
petitions after consulting with the Ohio Secretary of State.
Because
of that decision, Feick said he thinks the commission should vote to put the
mayor-ward issue on the ballot if the Erie County Board of Elections granted
an extension.
09-07-01 - Missing
legal language kills mayor-ward petition - Sandusky
commissioners reject petitions after law firm says penalty clause missing.
09-06-01 - Mayor-ward
OK for ballot despite cuts -
The
group pushing for a change in Sandusky's city government survived weeks of
scrutiny of its charter amendment petition by city employees, who threw out
hundreds of names before verifying Wednesday that the petition contained the
required number of signatures.
08-11-01 - City
gets mayor-ward petitions - Also included are the
signatures of nearly 700 registered voters from Sandusky, according to
group member Darwitt Garrett.
"They check for any blatant errors,"
he said, "such as someone signing in pencil, people printing instead of
signing or signing someone else's name. Those kind of duties are performed and
then its sent out to the board of elections for validation of the
signatures."
06-08-01 - Mayor-ward
group to become election committee
05/25/2001 - Letter
-- Create wards, elect a mayor -
I support
the ward system for many reasons. But most importantly, I believe one person has
a better chance of uniting our community and getting things accomplished as
opposed to several different people with several different agendas and several
different personalities. Enough of chaos and confusion! - Frances Amison
04-25-2001 - Mayor-ward
group aims to outdo petition with 3,000 signatures - A
group that wants to change the form of Sandusky city government wants to send
the Sandusky City Commission a message by gathering nearly 10 times the number
of signatures needed to bring the matter to a vote.
04-27-2001 - Mayor-ward
group launches petition drive 04-27-2001 -
Letter
- Who's unhappy? Why? - Evidently,
a number of Sanduskians, both black and white, don't feel that our current
form of city government is working that well.....Maybe if the community wants
a choice at the polls we will have to pay more for it.........Seems the
argument about having a professional manager run the city doesn't hold up if
you use Sandusky as an example. - Barbara F. Gregory
04-15-2001 - City
manager the choice of most towns that switch
04-15-2001 - Sandusky's
former mayors see no need to change -
The current occupant of that position, Mike
Kresser, said he thinks the current form of government works well -- and
predecessors Martha Flippen, George Mylander and Leroy Sizemore agree.
[If it
works so well, why are so many city projects over budget? Why do we need so much
money for the law department? Why is our sewer system backing up into resident's
basements? Why have 18 out of 20 people I approach to sign the petition, signed
it AND out of those 18, 16 people say they are in favor of a change? Why does
the city pass almost everything by emergency? - The National Guard should be
standing on every street corner - we have so many emergencies.....]
Former ex officio mayor Rick Jeffrey said he
hasn't made up his mind yet, and his immediate successor, Lee Silvani, declined
to comment altogether. Jeffrey did say it's important to let voters decide the
matter, an apparent slap at the current city commission, which voted 6-1 against
putting the measure on the ballot.
[Bull.
The commission voted against putting the measure on the ballot. That was a very
reasonable decision to have made. Why should the commission put a charter change
on the ballot because a couple of citizens come before them and ask them nicely
to do so? The procedure for citizens to get a charter change on the ballot is
spelled out. We are to collect signatures so there is enough interest in the
community to have the issue put on the ballot.]
04-07-2001 - Mayor-ward
petition drive to start
03-27-2001 - City
No way to mayor change
03-24-2001 - Politics
or power to the people?
03-22-2001 - Strong
mayor sought for city
03-22-2001 -
Lechner,
city man have confrontation
- ..."I
pointed down the hall and said, 'Now get the hell out of my office.' I
probably shouldn't have said the word 'hell,' but he was just one of those
people who wouldn't accept the answers I was giving him."...
Earle gives a different version, saying that
"I expressed myself politely and respectfully, and was shocked by his
inappropriate response."...
Lechner said the information Earle was looking
for has been waiting for him at the law department the whole time....
Earle said he still hasn't received it.
[Say,
Earle, it is now July. Did you ever receive the info????]
02-20-00 - Feick Follies show
lack of leadership - Despite
the best face being put out by maximizing basic successes, substantial
progress is being sucked away by pettiness and ineffective leadership that
starts from the top and trickles down.
02-20-00 - Costs keep going up at service
complex - ...change orders...
02-19-00 - Rebids plague Sandusky - Bids
coming in more than 10 percent higher than estimates one reason for ongoing
problems - ...officials
in five other northwestern Ohio cities said they haven't had quite the same
problems - ...
...Schade-Mylander Plaza, which had to go out for
bids no fewer than four times....
Commissioner
Ed Feick...In the past...he has blamed the rebids and other problems with those
projects on the fact that city has no contracts with either of the architectural
firms involved....
02-18-00 - Feick reappointed -
Widman
requested eight items from Feick that he did
not request of the other candidates....
02-15-00 - Feick seat still empty -
City
administrators want to hear more about his qualifications
-
Valli and Vice Mayor Suanne Brown
asked if the city was requiring more than is required of a candidate in a
general election. [The
appointment was for the Commission to make, not the city administrators....]
02-05-00 - Our opinion -- Feick latest
chapter in city's cloak-and-dagger -
...the
one aspect we're sure of so far in this sordid little tale is one that has
bothered us for some time about the way business has been done at 222 Meigs
St.
02-04-00 - Five seek Feick's commission
seat - ...but city Law Director Don
Icsman has said it can't be taken back. [What
is the law director's job? Is it to make decisions for the Commission or to
ADVISE them?]
02-04-00 - Feick bid won't even be
considered -...Law Director Don Icsman
said he directed the city engineering department to deny Feick's bid without
opening it. [Check our charter. The
law director is not head of the city or the engineering department. Commission
can throw out a bid on the ADVICE of the law director. Seems like the tail is
wagging the dog here.]
02-03-00 - Ginty still opposes emergency
legislation - "He [Icsman]
didn't exactly address the question that I asked him, which is, what
is the difference between an emergency as defined in the city charter versus an
emergency as defined in Webster's Collegiate Dictionary," Ginty said.
Ginty said he is also concerned he usually gets
material the Friday before a Monday commission meeting and doesn't have enough
time to go over it.
"It
seems like the staff is telling the commission what to do, and it should be the
other way around," he said.
02-02-00 - Was
Feick meeting illegal? Doesn't matter, Icsman says...The
Sandusky City Commission's executive session last week during which Ed Feick
resigned appears to be illegal, an Ohio sunshine law expert said.
[It matters to me if the City is having illegal meetings, but it doesn't matter
to our city law director?]
02-02-00 Services complex bids come in 20
percent above estimate - "We're
going to have to go back and redesign it and see if we can lower the cost at
all,"...
01-29-00 - Ethics cleansing? -
...and
Al Mason, whose company, AKIL Inc., is also a frequent bidder. No questions have
been raised about Mason's ethics.
Feick...is also upset that the executive session
was called for personnel reasons, rather than to discuss proposed legislation.
John Feick..."They tell him he can't talk
about something we might be involved in. How does anybody know what you might be
involved in?"
[The
city charter differs from the Ohio Revised Code. It is more stringent.]
City
charter:
No member of the City Commission, the City Manager
or any other officer or employee of the City, shall directly or indirectly
be interested in any contract, job, work, or service with or for the City;
nor in the profits or emoluments thereof, nor in the expenditure of any
money on the part of the City other than his or her fixed compensation; and
any contract with the City in which any such officer or employee is, or
becomes, interested may, at the discretion of the City Commission, be
declared void.
[ boldface added by BFG- I think this is pretty clear. A City Commissioner
cannot have any contract with the City or own part of a company that does
business with the city.]
ORC:
Each member of
the legislative authority shall be an elector of the city, shall not hold any
other public office, except that of notary public or member of the state
militia, and shall not be interested in
any contract with the city, and no such member may hold employment with said
city.
[ boldface added by BFG]
01-28-00 - Icsman Feick can't withdraw
resignation - "The executive
session was an illegal session, so
anything that happens in that session is not binding," Feick
reasoned.
01-27-00 - Feick may not resign
- although other commissioners said the
resignation was not official. [Read
the city charter and the Ohio Revised Code. It is the Commission and not the
City Law Director who decides issues such as this one.]
01-08-00 - Feick wins Amtrak deal
-
The original dispute involved the city's Public Services Complex, a former
warehouse undergoing renovation on Cement Street. Feick Contractors, which was
eventually awarded the contract for the complex's first phase, submitted a bid
that didn't include 11 overhead door openers and fought the city's attempt to
get them installed at the contractor's expense. [If
the overhead door openers are not in the specs for the job, the contractor
doesn't include them in his bid. The contractor is not under any obligation to
include items not in the specs. Why weren't the openers in the specs?]
01-01-00 - Fosco, Ginty ready to help
guide city - Ginty's
other main concern is passing things as emergencies, which under the
city charter means they don't have to be brought up for second reading at a
later meeting. He gave the example of the city seal, which the commission
voted to change Monday and passed as an emergency.
"Ninety
percent of everything this year was passed under emergency," he
said. "Like this last meeting, when they changed the city seal. That
don't meet my definition of an emergency."
12-29-99 - Downtown plaza work set to
start - The
city had tried to bid out the project three times before , getting no
bids at all one time and one bid that was too high each of the other times.
12-24-99 - Letter -- Ginty owed an
apology - The high cost of the new
city complex has not gone over well. Property could have been acquired and a
building built to the city's specification at far less cost. - Dale H.
McCutcheon
12-14-99 - Demolition delayed for Brehm
Building -After the vote, Commissioner
Ed Feick asked for clarification on whether the commission was approving the
contract award or the contract itself.
"You
can award a contract, but then the contract must be written, submitted and
approved,"Feick said.
Feick wrote a letter to the other commissioners
before the meeting, claiming the city
staff has repeatedly broken the law by altering contracts before getting
commission approval....
Law Director Don Icsman said the city is entering
into a contract in the legal sense
by awarding a contract based on a project's bid documents....
Feick referred, in the meeting and in his letter,
to a $93,000 expenditure at Dorn Community Park, which was not originally part
of this year's work at the park. The commission was asked to pay the bill only
after the work was done, he said.
12-28-99 - City seeks deal with Maxie's
But commissioners reserve right to object to liquor license renewal - The
Maxies' lawyer, William Smith, said he was "surprised" to find the
item on the agenda. "I have seen no prior discussion on that
issue," Smith said. "These folks have been respectable business
people in the community for over 30 years. I'm rather surprised a move like
this would be made, particularly when we are entering good-faith negotiations
at this time."
In other action, the commission
approved a new seal depicting water, a fish,...
[This was an emergency!]
Click here to
see the real reason the city was having trouble with the sunshine laws.....
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