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<\/a>\nStonewalling is a good way to get your Industrial Authority\n<\/a>\nStonewalling is a good way to get your Industrial Authority\n\non the front page<\/a>\nof the local newspaper (again<\/a>).\nHere’s video of what Bobbi Anne Hancock said to the board about their minutes (and other things).\n\nFirst, here’s is VDT reporter David Rodock’s excerpt of what she\nsaid last night:\n
\n\n<\/a>\nBobbi Anne Hancock, the woman who made an Open Records request with the\nAuthority for meeting minutes from 2006 to the present day, spoke to\nboard members during the citizens to be heard portion of the meeting.\n
\n“The majority of your costs for the request are for the five hours\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n
\nof work,” said Hancock. “I’m no computer whiz, but I know how\nto convert documents and that takes about an hour of work for what I\ncan do.\n\n<\/a>\nThat’s a lot of money to me. People are suffering out here\nfinancially, if you don\u2019t know and for your pocket books $125 may not\nseem like much, but it is to me. These should be on your website. You’ve\nlost a lot of credibility and trust with the community and it would be\ngreat way to let your citizens know you do care to make these documents\navailable on your website.”\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
<\/a>\nYou can see him typing on his laptop while she speaks.\n
\nAmong other things she suggested that if the agendas and minutes had been on the\nVLCIA website while the biomass plant was being proposed,\nneither the protesters nor the board might have had to go through so much\naggravation.\n\n
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\nWe’d all have a lot less aggravation if they’d just\npublish their minutes on their website.\n
\nHere’s\n\nthe video:<\/a>\n
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