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Will the City Council uphold this major transparency win?
The Council-created City of Bastrop Charter Commission met yesterday (July 29). The City Council, when creating this Commission, required a super-majority (10 out of 13) to vote in favor of any proposed changes to the Charter. The Commission is not empowered to place changes on the ballot for voter approval. The Commission is only empowered…
Transparency Transgressions
In the City of Bastrop, they’re getting worse. => At the June 11 City Council meeting, three members of the City Council, led by Cynthia Meyer, John Kirkland and Kevin Plunkett succeeded in undermining the Mayor’s authority to appoint the volunteer members to the City Charter Revision Commission. They included Council-recommended names by reference in an ordinance. Under the…
Support the Bastrop Open Government Amendment
Call or email Council Members Meyer, Kirkland, and Plunkett to urge them to end their private meetings, to discuss public business in public, and to place the Bastrop Open Government Amendment on the November ballot. You can also thank Council members Kerry Fossler, Cheryl Lee and Mayor Lyle Nelson for their support for this amendment. The Council has until August…
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Breaking News!
Bastropians for Open Government (BOG) has launched. Why? Have you ever attended or watched a public meeting and had the feeling that everything has already been decided and the public comments are merely tolerated but make no impact? You may feel that way because it is happening in the City of Bastrop right now. Imagine…