tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35666868.post4398501394978610492..comments2023-06-05T03:35:27.537-05:00Comments on Monona Doug: Monona CDA Considers Meriter Clinic Developer's Agreement and TIF RequestDoug Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16661429832655198314noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35666868.post-80780169507214774772010-08-09T15:52:57.865-05:002010-08-09T15:52:57.865-05:00"One problem with your idea is that about hal..."One problem with your idea is that about half of the information you get in that way is at least half wrong. Other parts are completely wrong. "<br /><br />Good Point-to some degree. Now let me ask you a serious question. How much information will get in the meeting that will be proven wrong...half or a little more? It is my guess that about half will be wrong.<br /><br />Once read a research article that showed by the end of md's practice about half of everything she/he learned in med school will be proven wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35666868.post-67323275985102319902010-08-09T12:20:22.799-05:002010-08-09T12:20:22.799-05:00"Is one of the problems with letting alders i..."Is one of the problems with letting alders in on their closed sessions is that it could cause a problem with having a quorum of the council present if they did that?"<br /><br />Lily, that's an astute guess, but that's not the reason. The Open Meetings Law anticpates that council members will attend the meetings of its subunits (like a typical city committee).<br /><br />Section 19.89 states "No duly elected or appointed member of a governmental body may be excluded from any meeting of such body. Unless the rules of a governmental body provide to the contrary, no member of the body may be excluded from any meeting of a subunit of that governmental body."<br /><br />The city includes a notice on all its agendas that a quorum of another body may show up, but will not take any action. This is called a Badke notice after the case that considered this issue.<br /><br />The CDA is not considered a subunit of the city so that statute doesn't apply. It's basically a policy question.Doug Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661429832655198314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35666868.post-83679232598747514352010-08-08T14:37:09.821-05:002010-08-08T14:37:09.821-05:00Doug,
Is one of the problems with letting alders ...Doug,<br /><br />Is one of the problems with letting alders in on their closed sessions is that it could cause a problem with having a quorum of the council present if they did that? What would happen if four alders showed up? That would be an illegal, unposted meeting, would it not? This said, the fact that the council is going to be asked to react and vote on information they have had virtually no time to mull over is very disturbing. I hope Adam does a thorough job of reporting how this all goes down. <br /><br />And boy, nail on the head with your response to anon above. The misinformation in the rumor mill is incredible. I will never understand how gullible people are when listening to the gossip.Lilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35666868.post-30829111231937963312010-08-06T17:57:30.551-05:002010-08-06T17:57:30.551-05:00"Closed session information does not stay clo..."Closed session information does not stay closed for very long in this town."<br /><br />So secrecy is OK because the city leaks so badly it doesn't matter, huh? That's even more cycnical than I usually am about national politics.<br /><br />One problem with your idea is that about half of the information you get in that way is at least half wrong. Other parts are completely wrong. <br /><br />If the information was more public, you wouldn't have to rely on rumors.<br /><br />Anyway, I know what the proposed agreement is, but what I wanted to hear was the discussion and the concerns of the CDA members and responses by Meriter.Doug Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661429832655198314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35666868.post-13713793864770816322010-08-06T09:29:25.436-05:002010-08-06T09:29:25.436-05:00Doug,
Why are you bothered by all of this? I su...Doug, <br /><br />Why are you bothered by all of this? I suggest you start asking around town about what happened at the latest CDA closed sessions AND you are bound to find out most of the details. Heck, I could make 3 to 4 calls and with the bit pieces that each party gives me-I could get a pretty good picture.<br /><br />Closed session information does not stay closed for very long in this town. <br /><br />It is sort of funny/ironic/stupid that Merriter was let back in, but not you. It reminds of the US governement, we got to keep these secrets; what we are doing from our citizens or they might revolt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com