Closed Meeting: Lennon To Issue Decision Soon

Today the Northwestern reported that District Attorney Bill Lennon needs another week to decide if the Common Council broke the law by going into closed session on February 14th. If Lennon does the right thing, which is to state the obvious that the law breaking here was flagrant, we can be certain of only two results:

1. The City Administration will blow it off as "only an opinion."
2. The Northwestern will issue open government platitudes but then lament that really the main problem is a public relations crisis that makes it more difficult to build support for special interest projects.

Cheryl Hentz and I submitted a complaint to Attorney General Peggy Lautenschlager last week. State law allows citizens to submit open meetings complaints to the local DA or the Attorney General. I personally felt it was important for the AG's office to see the complaint because one of Peggy's assistants told an Oshkosh Northwestern reporter the meeting seemed proper based only on his conversation with the reporter. Cheryl and I believe the AG's office need to see all of the facts of the case before issuing opinions.