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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Puyallup and Small-Group Closed Meetings
This editorial from The (Tacoma) News Tribune looks at the issue of small-group closed meetings. That's where less than a quorum of a governing body meets with key staff. And then another group of the governing body does so. And so on. Pretty soon, the whole governing body knows how they want to vote, and they quickly do so in an open meeting. Magic.