When it comes to closed sessions, and confidential information
learned during closed sessions, the decision to provide greater
transparency must reflect the collective judgment of the
decision-making body. As discussed in this column there can often
be competing “right” values at stake in a situation.
This article addresses the difficult issue of what to do when one
is tempted to lie to protect one’s public agency from the
application of a seemingly unfair law. The article
concludes that telling the truth is always the best course of
action.
This article offers thoughts to elected official on how to work
through the sticky situation of having to make decisions that
affect friends or supporters.
When elected officials serve on regional governing bodies, they
can face perplexing issues as to whose interests they should be
advancing. The article on the right sorts through some of those
issues.
