Over the past couple of weeks I have been humored by the irony of our Council Vice-Chair Slick Kiley bragging about live streaming the Annexation Meetings and having them recorded to be viewed later (though they failed with the baby monitor with the 1st meeting). It also seems they think it is just AOK to record and live stream the re-districting committee meetings (just like the Charter Revision and Planning meetings). But for some reason, the very delicate and fragile elitists that serve on the Parks Board couldn’t be bothered by such transparent government, they may freeze up or have a nervous breakdown if they have to sit in front of a video camera.
Do I suspect a bit of Hypocrisy when it comes to transparency in regards to recording certain meetings? REMSA and the Parks Board can hide under a cloak of secrecy while spending millions of tax dollars or making health and safety decisions for the rest of us. But when talking curb and gutter, we need to open the floodgates of transparency.
C’mon Slick! Either all the way, or not at all.
Perhaps they prefer doctored private videos with footnote humor on YouTube. Real time city video is actual procedure and permanent record. Who would serve on a board where your input is not available and (therefore) hearsay. It’s like voting to not spend 30k to fix a swimming pool and ending up with a new 25 million dollar exclusive spa on someone else’s land that’s reserved for wealthy swim kids.