George Rebane
RR reader, critic, and former Grass Valley city councilman Steve Enos has filed a complaint against the City of Grass Valley citing violations of the Brown Act. Steve’s email to me this morning summarized his concerns and the nature of his complaint. With his permission, the following is extracted from his email and the copy of the filed five-page complaint Download EnosComplaint_26jan2010.
… Please feel free to post on your site about this and post my full initial complaint.
Also understand that the City and Cookson failed to disclose any of this in advance of the Council meeting. I contacted the City last week and made the initial complaint about violations by Cookson and long running violations of by (sic) City since April 2007. This should have been disclosed in the staff report for Tuesdays item and it was not. No public disclose (sic) by the City or Cookson in advance of the Council meeting, none in the staff report and no discussion or disclosure at the meeting.
Will our electeds ever understand that they work for us, the people? Will they ever understand the critical importance of a transparent government? Will they follow the Brown Act that clearly states the requirements and benefit of informing the public as they conduct the people's business? …
Steve also stated that The Union is “working on this now” and that Jeff Pelline has a post with comments on the complaint. Having said that, I think the word is out.
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