D.C. Council Demands Privacy for Talk on Transparency

dcogcadmin | September 23, 2011

After a rough-and-tumble Tuesday, the D.C. Council did little to help itself today when its members opted to close a meeting to the press. Journalists present protested the move, which they claimed violated the District's Open Meetings Act. (Check out TBD's handy timeline on what happened.)

A picture of the agenda by WTOP's Mark Segraves showed little more than agenda points on "Decorum and Communication," "Internal Code of Conduct" and "Financial Disclosure and Forms for Members & Staff." A final bullet point simply said "Other"; "Profanities" was scribbled on the agenda in pen, a reference to some naughty words that were lobbed between councilmembers on Monday.

After a rough-and-tumble Tuesday, the D.C. Council did little to help itself today when its members opted to close a meeting to the press. Journalists present protested the move, which they claimed violated the District's Open Meetings Act. (Check out TBD's handy timeline on what happened.)

A picture of the agenda by WTOP's Mark Segraves showed little more than agenda points on "Decorum and Communication," "Internal Code of Conduct" and "Financial Disclosure and Forms for Members & Staff." A final bullet point simply said "Other"; "Profanities" was scribbled on the agenda in pen, a reference to some naughty words that were lobbed between councilmembers on Monday.

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