The CA Board Confirmed its Own Lack of Transparency at the Most Recent Meeting

Submitted by goliebs t3_1269upv in ColumbiaMD

New TMP post: Informing the public that a closed meeting has been held isn't hard but for some reason the CA Board held fourteen closed meetings over the last year that hadn't been publicly acknowledged until last Thursday. Not clear if this was a deliberate act of deception or just a disregard for proper procedures or something else - but whatever the reason, the result is the same: a lack of transparency. Its also not clear why they chose to finally acknowledge the meetings now... just kinda weird to all of a sudden acknowledge the meetings after refusing to do so for months.

https://www.themerriweatherpost.org/post/ca-board-confirms-its-own-lack-of-transparency-update-on-ca-money-spent-on-legal-fees?fbclid=IwAR3xO2eLu6bOLh__PbWFWdtuUQqnLV7nAY3nbCzzx_Z6kktPITfwOy45eJY

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unomomentos t1_je9am9y wrote

I really hope this nonsense motivates people to vote

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shebang_bin_bash t1_jeawx57 wrote

Any comment on the recent campaign by certain parties to defend the CA board and cast aspersions on the former president’s dealings?

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goliebs OP t1_jeb2ftx wrote

It is gibberish.

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fergiethefocus t1_jeb736r wrote

When I saw their post I was so tempted to reply "who the fuck are you and why should we listen to you?"

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freecain t1_jea98bu wrote

I mean, it sounds like the Merriweather Post had heard about the meetings, so it might by CYA to disclose now. The other aspect of it - it sounds like all (or most) of the meetings were about Lakey, who they (frustratingly) got rid of. Non-disclosure of the meetings could have been directly done to hide it from her.

I do wish it was someone on the board pushing back by threatening or actually disclosing the meetings. I'm excited to vote this year, but I also find it difficult to find good information. My rep isn't one of the egregious ones, but I also feel like there is too much silence.

It would be awesome if someone could put together an overview of candidates.

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goliebs OP t1_jeaagtr wrote

I think your assessment that it was some type of CYA is correct. Still doesn’t explain “why NOW?”

FYSA, Merriweather Post has provided a questionnaire to all CA board candidates. Which should be published over the weekend. Hopefully the candidates all respond to help provide a little more information about them. Also, each village has candidates nights that you can attend to learn more.

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Rashaverik t1_jeaevcg wrote

There were a couple of instances where Bill Santos tried to correct Eric Greenberg multiple times about dates of meetings not being noted in the minutes. Maybe they finally realized that Bill was right?

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Sufficient-Item-2750 t1_jedtb15 wrote

Village board is also critical this year- several villages have a slate running (that I don’t recommend) that are aligned with status quo.

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