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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, honestly, if you had been through a whole site selection process and then someone said you had to do it again because some of the meetings weren't open to the public, would you expect to reach a different decision the second time?  [/quote]

Your question is interesting.  The second site selection committee didn't reach the same conclusion as the first.  First committee picked Rosemary Hills park as the best site, but this was over-ruled by the BOE after protests from the RHPS neighborhood.  BoE picked Rock Creek Hills instead with NCC as a 2nd choice.  Thus, the outrage from the RCH community, which felt a bit blindsided, like they didn't have a chance for input/opposition.

I would expect that there could be a different result if meetings had to be openly conducted.  The point of the open meetings type laws is that when government discussion of public issues has to be conducted in public, there isn't the ability to make secret backroom deals, or decisions without hearing full input, which might otherwise occur. [/quote]

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