Elections: March 2010 Archives
The League of Women Voters Pasadena Area Saturday will host an open government forum featuring Pasadena's City Attorney Michele Bagneris, who is not such a big fan of open government herself.
Bagneris defended City Manager Michael Beck's decision to keep secret the names of community members who will help choose the city's next police chief.
She claims its not in the public interest to disclose those names.
Oh really?
What if former Riverside Police Chief Russ Leach is among those advising Beck (himself the former Riverside City Manager)
I believe Pasadenans have the right to know who is on this secret committee and open government advocate Terry Francke, the head of the Californians Aware open government group, agrees.
He said that the names of the panel members should be released under the California Public Records Act.
"There's nothing in the law that would exempt those names from being released," Francke told reporter Dan Abendschein.
FYI there will be a Q&A session at the open government forum about 9:15 a.m. If you think Bagneris and Beck should be challenged on this I urge you to attend.
The forum will be held at Neighborhood Church, 301 North Orange Grove. it begins at 8:30 a.m.and ends around noon with a call to action.
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