Tue, Mar 08, 2016, 12:36 am   John Servais

Open and transparent government is becoming a mantra that city, county, port and state governments like to boast they believe in.  Ahh, but what is transparent and open?

Case in point: The county should be doing videos of the Districting Committee meetings and posting them online for all citizens to review.  The meetings are held at noon on Mondays – a time when only retired folks and some activist students can attend. […]

Read John’s complete post on the Editor’s Blog on NorthwestCitizen here.

Link to part one of the League of Women voters video recording of the March 7, 2016 Whatcom County Districting Committee meeting: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/84230410

Link to part two of the League of Women voters video recording of the March 7, 2016 Whatcom County Districting Committee meeting:  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/84231661