Comments on: Radical idea from Oregon–let reporters sit in on executive sessions of public agencies http://www.ilind.net/2012/12/14/radical-idea-from-oregon-let-reporters-sit-in-on-executive-sessions-of-public-agencies/ Ian Lind • Online daily from Kaaawa, Hawaii Fri, 24 May 2013 18:46:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: j2hilo http://www.ilind.net/2012/12/14/radical-idea-from-oregon-let-reporters-sit-in-on-executive-sessions-of-public-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-44302 j2hilo Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:04:24 +0000 http://www.ilind.net/?p=10918#comment-44302 Just as many of us don’t entirely trust what occurs during government ‘executive sessions,’ I also have very little trust in certain members of the media to give us an objective reading of what occurs behind closed doors. Personally, I would rather have a lawyer from OIP required to be there, with the authority to publish violations viewed. I realize this would mean beefing up the office of OIP, but they are the experts on the Sunshine Law, not the media.

]]> By: cwd http://www.ilind.net/2012/12/14/radical-idea-from-oregon-let-reporters-sit-in-on-executive-sessions-of-public-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-44300 cwd Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:44:55 +0000 http://www.ilind.net/?p=10918#comment-44300 Whoops!! Board of REGENTS; Ian.

]]> By: cwd http://www.ilind.net/2012/12/14/radical-idea-from-oregon-let-reporters-sit-in-on-executive-sessions-of-public-agencies/comment-page-1/#comment-44299 cwd Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:43:09 +0000 http://www.ilind.net/?p=10918#comment-44299 And then there are the Board of Regemts meetings.

My personal opinion is that (real) reporters should be allowed to attend; however, I am not sure that bloggers should be allowed in. Would that be the blog host or someone like myself?

Some of the people who post on blogs hosted by reporters are barely capable of writing. Others use the the blogs to go after people they don’t like.

Maybe access to executive sessions should be restricted to (real) reporters and hosts like Ian s

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