Shouting Fireman in a Crowded Theater
Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority secretary George Arthur used part of Monday’s public meeting to express his ongoing concern that the Authority’s search for a new executive director is not being conducted in an open fashion. (See background story here.)
Clearly, there are members of the board who find Arthur’s concerns to be trivial. Among them, chairman of the board Paul Kolkmeyer and Alair Townsend, who form two thirds of the executive director search committee. The third member of that group, Rochester native Wade Norwood, was not present at Monday’s meeting.
Arthur contends, and Kolkmeyer confirms, that meetings of this three-person panel were often conducted via email and phone call. Townsend explained that her Manhattan residency made open meetings on the subject impractical. The question remains: Were they illegal? (more…)
