This week, the Edmonds city council will discuss taping executive sessions. In our legislature, HB 3292, which required councils to tape executive sessions, failed to get even a vote in our legislature, largely due to the efforts of the Association of Washington Cities, who lobbied against the bill. I am hoping the Edmonds city council will break with the AWC on this issue and decide to tape its own executive sessions.
There is a lot of information on HB 3292 out there. Here are some links that can provide some more info.
http://www.columbian.com/opinion/news/2008/03/03062008_In-our-view-Tape-sessions-anyway.cfm
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/feb/17/editorial-record-closed-meetings/
http://washingtonpolicyblog.typepad.com/washington_policy_center_/2008/02/taping-of-execu.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2004178737_seaopened13.html
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080207/OPINION01/430990090/-1/opinion
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