tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post113277898779948624..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: New Austin charter amendment campaign would open police recordsGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1133371727028340522005-11-30T11:28:00.000-06:002005-11-30T11:28:00.000-06:00Meet and confer assumes the two file system presen...Meet and confer assumes the two file system presently in state law, so if we say they can no longer keep the optional, closed one, all that's left is the public file. Plus, the amendment restricts what the city can agree to in future meet and confer agreements, so they shouldn't be able to agree to closing records in the future in contradiction to their authority under the charter. Best,Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1133194666459994082005-11-28T10:17:00.000-06:002005-11-28T10:17:00.000-06:00How does the charter revision trump the meet and c...How does the charter revision trump the meet and confer process?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1132783198969674432005-11-23T15:59:00.000-06:002005-11-23T15:59:00.000-06:00While open government is a good thing in general, ...While open government is a good thing in general, the SOS amendments go too far. They include good thing like the ones you mention, but their sole purpose to be perfectly clear is to provide SOS and its lawyers the ability to completely stop ALL growth west of MoPac in Travis County. That is what both amendments taken in concert effectively try to do. To support the first amendment is one thing. To support the second is to support a no growth agenda for Austin and Travis County and to invite the legislature to once again step in and tell Austin where to put it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com