Right-to-Know: April 2009 Archives
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To the editor, Laconia Daily Sun
April 7, 2009
Moultonborough government continues to lose transparency and citizen participation with a recent Selectboard decision, starting with the April 9, to start meetings at 7 p.m. Public input will only be allowed at the beginning of the meeting and at the end of the meeting. This procedure will not allow for public discussion of the review and approval process for new business, old business and correspondence
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They already do not read all the correspondence that the public sends every week.
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They already do not have an openmeeting with the public every week.
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They already do not have a meeting every week in the summer.
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They already discourage the public airing of an unedited selectmen’s meeting because of an oppressive and complicated cable TV access policy.
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They already demand 50-cents for copies of documents while the library charges 15-cents.
What’s next, no public input at all?
Al Hume
Moultonborough
Want to speak at this weeks Selectmen Meeting? There will only be a TOTAL of 10 minutes at the beginning and 10 minutes at the end for public comment. Seems they are tired of the same people always asking questions. These are the same few people by the way that show up week after week.
NH law does not require that the public be allowed to speak at Selectmen meetings, but generally most allow an open discussion. The law only requires that the meetings be public.
Better line up for your right to speak this week. Next week it may be gone completely....
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