{"id":1172,"date":"2012-01-17T09:55:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T14:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/weve-been-chosen-barbara-stratton.html"},"modified":"2012-01-17T09:55:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T14:55:49","slug":"weve-been-chosen-barbara-stratton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/weve-been-chosen-barbara-stratton.html","title":{"rendered":"“We’ve been chosen” —Barbara Stratton"},"content":{"rendered":"Received Saturday on \nPublic hearing doesn’t mean the public gets to know anything<\/a>. -jsq\n
\nI’ve made these same comments before. It’s just part of the attitude that\n\nis popular with some elected & appointed officials “We’ve been chosen. Now\ngo away & don’t ask any questions about what we are doing until it’s time\nto vote again.” I don’t think all the individuals share the attitude,\nbut some do & over time it has become standard procedure. Hopefully,\nas more citizens pay attention & ask for more insight procedure will\nadjust. There is a reason for open meetings & sunshine laws & it’s not\nso citizens can listen to or read about decisions based on information\nthey are not allowed to hear or observe.\n

\n-Barbara Stratton\n

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