re: Gary Ingram filed the following complaint w/the city of Coeur d'Alene Thursday afternoon
The nature of the complain (for violations of the Idaho Open Meeting Law) is that on October 28, 2009, in a letter that was published in the Coeur d'Alene Press signed jointly by Mayor Bloem and city council members, Bruning, Edinger, Goodlander, Hassell, Kennedy and McEvers, which set forth the City's response to alleged false claims ariing in the campaigns for city elections, the amed elected officials acted in violation of the Idaho Open Meeting Law when they met, deliberated and decided on the content of the response and did not provide public notice of the meeting, or an agenda as required by Idaho Code 67-2343/Gary Ingram. Full letter here.
Question: Is there merit to Ingram's complaint of an Open Meeting Law violation? Or is this a tactic to help the challengers by casting the incumbents in a bad light?
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.
October 28, 2009, in a letter that was published in the Coeur d'Alene Press signed jointly by Mayor Bloem and city council members, Bruning, Edinger, Goodlander, Hassell, Kennedy and McEvers, which set forth the City's response to alleged false claims ariing in the campaigns for city elections, the amed elected officials acted in violation of the Idaho Open Meeting Law when they met, deliberated and decided on the content of the response and did not provide public notice of the meeting, or an agenda as required by Idaho Code 67-2343/Gary Ingram. Full letter here.
