Slog - Comments on Port Reform http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/port_reform Two weeks ago, Port Commissioner John Creighton acknowledged to me on record that the Port Commission's executive sessions (the closed door meetings they reflexively hold before every public meeting) sometimes dealt with matters that belonged in public meetings. In my column last week, I put the focus on the Commission's exec sessions: First of all, the scandal has focused my lens on the port commission's penchant for executive sessions. Executive sessions by definition are closed to the public. According to Davis—but not according to fellow commissioners—Dinsmore's retirement package was okayed in two executive sessions last year. As someone who covered... Copyright 2008 Wed, 09 May 2007 08:00:29 -0800 Fri, 18 May 2007 23:41:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elswinger I was really hoping the title was "Pot Reform."

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/port_reform#c710660 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/port_reform#c710660 News Wed, 09 May 2007 08:02:43 -0800 Comment by No Sarcasm Intended Whatsoever Kudos Josh. Your reporting on this several weeks back was timely and appropriate. There is now more accountability in local government. You read the statute, slogged about it, and now this a healthier community.

I imagine you won't be invited to lunch Mondays at the WAC alongside Bunting and Fancher for this. In my view, that particular snub would be a badge of honor.

]]> No Sarcasm Intended Whatsoever http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/port_reform#c710718 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/port_reform#c710718 News Wed, 09 May 2007 09:02:25 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle So, when is Pat resigning?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/port_reform#c710860 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/port_reform#c710860 News Wed, 09 May 2007 11:02:48 -0800 Comment by Gomez So after talking about it, the Port had announced that... they're going to talk about it.

I should be shocked that you think this really means anything significant, but you're Josh Feit.

Until they abolish this practice or skewer people for doing what they did, it means nothing.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/port_reform#c710884 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/port_reform#c710884 News Wed, 09 May 2007 11:22:59 -0800 Comment by Mickymse Keep a magnifying glass on this issue, Josh. Exec sessions are supposed to be used primarily for things like discussing issues related to potential lawsuits, personnel concerns, etc. (Of course, that makes it sort of pertinent for the severance package discussions.)

Unfortuately, they are being used more and more by public bodies here. And even when the discussions should be kept private, any actual governing body actions should be taken publicly.

Things might have been caught sooner if the Monorail Board hadn't engaged in the same practices...

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