Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Early Afternoon Porter County Commissioner's Meetings

The Porter  county council has done more to increase accessibility while the county commissioner's have decreased accessibility to their public meetings.

Not a single Commissioners meeting has been held after 4:00pm since Republicans have had the majority of seats on the Porter County board of Commissioners. The majority of meetings held since January 1, 2010 have begun at 2pm. Does this increase accessibility or transparency of government when most working Americans are at their jobs until 5:00pm? 

When Democrats held the majority of seats on the board in 2010 meetings were held at 6pm at night. In fact, the Porter County Council has begun holding evening meetings at MULTIPLE locations throughout the county.