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Fall 2005 newsletter Gwinnett Commission in suburban Atlanta moves to public session its votes to buy land Lawrenceville, Ga., Nov. 1, 2005 – In the most significant step for freedom of information so far this year in Georgia, the Gwinnett County Commission has decided to vote in public when it acquires land. "The commission will no longer vote in secret to buy land for parks, police stations and other public facilities," Duane D. Stanford reported in today’s Metro section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Starting immediately, the commissioners will vote to buy property only in public meetings. Taxpayers will get details of a sale several days before it is approved. The purchase price still will be negotiated in private to protect the county’s bargaining position. "‘There are no more votes related to anything in executive session,’ said Deputy County Administrator Mike Comer… "Hollie Manheimer, executive director of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation, was pleased with the commissioner’s reversal. ‘That’s government acting as it should,’ she said." |
