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Saturday, June 03, 2006
Ind. Decisions - Editorial decries yesterday's "serial meetings" decision, blaming General Assembly
In its "Cheers, Jeers and Tears" column today, the Evansville Courier& Press takes note of yesterday's Court of Appeals ruling in the Bob Knight open door decision (see ILB summary here, 2nd case), writing:
The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled that Indiana University trustees did not break state law when they met in small, separate groups to discuss the impending firing of men's basketball coach Bob Knight, reports the Associated Press.For a list ILB entries on efforts to ban serial meetings, check here.The appeals court said the Indiana legislature has defined a "meeting" under the state's open door law as a gathering of a majority of a board's members. Consequently, without a majority present, no meeting occurs for purposes of the open door law.
The truth is, the IU trustees, and any other government boards that engage in "serial meetings," do so to avoid the law. Our jeer today goes to the Indiana Legislature which has refused, at least for the past two sessions, to make serial meetings illegal.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 3, 2006 08:07 AM
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