Letter: Public agency lacking transparency
To the community,
On Thursday morning I read an article by Kathryn Reed in the Lake Tahoe News that stated there would be a meeting of the California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC) that morning at the Inn by the Lake.
I stopped by to attend the meeting. When I entered the meeting room I was approached by Ray Lacey, deputy director of the CTC. Mr. Lacey informed me that the meeting was not open to the public. Mr. Lacey indicated that they the CTC had already spoken with their attorney who advised them that the meeting would not be open to the public.
As far as I could see I was the only member of the public at the meeting. Even if the meeting wasn’t open to the public, I wonder why I simply wasn’t invited to stay. What made the CTC consult with their legal counsel about the public attending this meeting? The California Tahoe Conservancy is a public agency. Why would an interested member of the public be turned away?
Lou Pierini, South Lake Tahoe
A very good question.
I hope we get some answers.
How dare you question your rulers.
Was it a Closed Session Agenda Item?
Some public agency meetings are closed to the public ie items about lawsuits because they maybe discussing how they will be handling it and if it is open to public it may give the other side a unfair advantage
The question: was it merely a mistake to have announced & reported on an internal-only meeting (?). . .they work 40 hours a week on a lot of things that the public is not there for. . .that doesn’t mean that I can show up in their office and ask what they’re doing or working on. . .
Lou, like you have never had a private meeting at your pawn shop.
I don’t trust them….