Comet Bitch-Slaps "Clueless", Finally
In a column in Friday's Comet, the viciousness of which shocks even me, Michael Gorman, the City Editor, vilifies hapless Parish President Charlotte "Clueless" Randolph for not knowing she needed to give public notice for that meeting with the Shell Oil executive and the Council, I have written about before.
(Personally, I think it is not as clear cut as DA Morvant stated. You can't assume that simply because a quorum is present that public notice must be given. What if, instead of wanting to discuss public business, the Shell executive wanted to provide some entertainment, such as a stripper? No public business would be transacted. It would be more like lobbying. Under those circumstances, I don't believe public notice would be necessary, even if a quorum of the Council was present.)
Gorman opines, as I have so many times, that when you don't know something, you should ask someone who does. "Clueless" doesn't seem to know when to ask.
To me, this issue is minor next to the credit card scandal, the attempt by the Council to raise the cost of public records copies to discourage my requests and the censorship of the records I requested. All those issues were ripe for editorializing, but the Comet's editorial page remained silent. At least, maybe, they are finally in the game. Good thing, cuz the game appears to be nearing an end.
The true test now for the Comet is whether they have the testiculars to go with the Cameron Parish Generator story. Stay tuned!
In a column in Friday's Comet, the viciousness of which shocks even me, Michael Gorman, the City Editor, vilifies hapless Parish President Charlotte "Clueless" Randolph for not knowing she needed to give public notice for that meeting with the Shell Oil executive and the Council, I have written about before.
(Personally, I think it is not as clear cut as DA Morvant stated. You can't assume that simply because a quorum is present that public notice must be given. What if, instead of wanting to discuss public business, the Shell executive wanted to provide some entertainment, such as a stripper? No public business would be transacted. It would be more like lobbying. Under those circumstances, I don't believe public notice would be necessary, even if a quorum of the Council was present.)
Gorman opines, as I have so many times, that when you don't know something, you should ask someone who does. "Clueless" doesn't seem to know when to ask.
To me, this issue is minor next to the credit card scandal, the attempt by the Council to raise the cost of public records copies to discourage my requests and the censorship of the records I requested. All those issues were ripe for editorializing, but the Comet's editorial page remained silent. At least, maybe, they are finally in the game. Good thing, cuz the game appears to be nearing an end.
The true test now for the Comet is whether they have the testiculars to go with the Cameron Parish Generator story. Stay tuned!
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