We have one sighting to begin with:
King James III and Joe Hoeffel dining together at Matthews' summer home: North Hills Country Club last week.
Matthews got in trouble in his first stint on the throne when he, Tom Ellis and County Chief Operating Officer Bob Graf used to meet there regularly to plot policy out of the view of minority commissioner Ruth Damsker.
Looks like they're at it again.
Wonder if Matthews is golfing with any Republicans these days or if it's just Democrats.
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3 comments:
How does the Sunshine Act view these off the record meetings? No way of telling what is discussed.
They are a violation. Any discussion of policy outside the public meeting room is a violation of the sunshine law on a 3-member board (except in personnel or legal matters).
King James reports that Democrat Jim Maza acts as go-between for Hoeffel and Matthews so they don't get caught violating the law.
The "go between" method of meeting is just as much a violation of the Sunshine Law. They can't circumvent the statute using that artiface. Either the two of them are developing policy outside the public view or they are not. Having Maza in between is irrelevant.
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