> By Madison Park.
> http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/25/council_boss_warned_on_meeting_law/
> Despite the warning, seven councilors held a private meeting
> yesterday with officials from the Boston Redevelopment Authority,
> barring members of the press.

          Our Boston City Council, City Clerk and Assistant City
          Clerks call into question sunshine public meetings
          principles, FOI freedom of information public records
          principles, open government principles.

          The http://cityofboston.gov/citycouncil minutes are edited
          to a point of brevity that ordinary citizens could not make
          sense of the transactions of our Boston City Council.

          The City Clerks office puts people off who enquire about the
          content of the council minutes, as do City Council offices,
          as do City Councilors offices.

          No index of docket numbers is made available.

          Papers are referred to as papers in the minutes without
          descriptive details to make clear what the papers are.

          There is an insensitivity that they know what they are doing
          and the people do not need clarification. Stock formulated
          answers are given people instead of more thoughtfully
          interacting with enquirers about the council proceedings and
          council transactions.

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