JAMES MADISON QUOTE - 1822

"A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives."

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Jackson County Commission - Jackson County Legislative Delegation

Monday was a regular meeting of the Jackson County Commission.
 
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Commissioner Clemmons Letter to the Editor in the Daily Sentinel concerning the purchase of  a building for the Jackson County Legislative Delegation. http://thedailysentinel.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_e7987544-fc22-11e1-ae71-001a4bcf887a.html

Mr. Clemmons brings forward important issues as to the disclosures of commitments and spending of public funds under the control of the Jackson County Legislative Delegation.

By all appearances, the members of the Legislative Delegation do not understand the concept of Open Government or the law relating to Open Meetings in Alabama. TVA in lieu of tax funds, public funds, are dispersed in secret without any process of open deliberations or decision making concerning the funds dispositions. A lack of openness has historically been a long standing problem, changes in the local law concerning the TVA in lieu of tax has resulted in in a "muddy water" situation.

Secrecy is a problem concerning the process of open government relating to discretionary fund disbursements of the Legislative Delegation.

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