By Adam Pagnucco. Senator Cheryl Kagan has filed an Open Meetings Act complaint against the Rockville Board of Supervisors of Elections. In the complaint, she alleges that the board excluded…
Open Meetings Act
By Adam Pagnucco. In a recent memo to the county council, County Executive Marc Elrich cited Open Meetings Act violations by the planning board as a reason to oppose the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, in my Q&A with County Executive Marc Elrich, I asked him whether the recent problems at the planning board were a reason why the Thrive…
By Adam Pagnucco. On Tuesday, I wrote a post asking whether the county council had violated the state’s Open Meetings Act by posting two charter amendments on its agenda the…
By Adam Pagnucco. This morning, MoCo residents woke up to find two brand new items on the council’s agenda that were not present late last night. Both of them are…
Star Chambers of Annapolis
Maryland’s Open Meetings Act, originally passed in 1977, is one of the state’s greatest laws. The act requires multi-member public bodies with a quorum to open their meetings to the…