By: Diane Benjamin
Our current Illinois Attorney General is starting off worse than Mike Madigan’s daughter. They still have not ruled on the Request for Review submitted by Karyn Smith when she was denied the right to speak on an item not on the agenda.
It is getting close to a year since she filed, by law the AG has 90 days. Since speaking about non-agenda items is in the Open Meetings Act training, the ruling is a no-brainer: https://blnnews.com/2019/09/05/normals-illegal-public-comment-policy-2/
Normal has another problem with their Public Comment policy – requiring signups 15 minutes before a meeting. The Attorney General ruled on that one May 20, 2019:
See the entire ruling in this story by the Edgar County Watchdogs: https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/10/ag-pecatonica-township-violated-state-law-a-second-time-right-to-speak/
Four Trustees of the Normal Town Council can’t get together to comply with the law?
Just four could force the Town to comply. By refusing to side with the rights of citizens the 5 blocking reforms are showing who they really are: tyrants.
The Five: Chris Koos, Chemberly Cummings, Kevin McCarthy, Scott Preston, Kathleen Lorenz
Citizens need to attend this meeting:
More details: https://blnnews.com/2019/11/25/two-meetings-you-need-to-know-about/
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