Meeting in online forums? Officials should stick to in-person sessions

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April 6, 2009

[edit] Meeting in online forums? Officials should stick to in-person sessions

"If elected officials can't physically make it to most of their meetings, then perhaps they shouldn't be office-holders.

That thought came to mind after the Tennessee House last week unanimously approved a bill that would allow local bodies to meet in online forums rather than in person.

Under this legislation, the local government would have to submit a plan to the Office of Open Records Counsel to ensure that the local body complied with all of the requirements of the legislation."

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