Thursday, July 5, 2012

Here is a better suggestion... More evening meetings!

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has only 4 evening meetings a year. Here is their annual meeting schedule of the meetings usually held on a Tuesday at 9:00 am when most people have to be at work: http://www.dupageforest.com/AboutUs/Commission/Meetings/Schedules/2012_Meeting_Notices.html

Their last evening meeting was on Valentines day evening (yes Valentines day) when most folks have scheduled events with family and loved ones. Why would they have an evening meeting one of the only 4 they schedule a year on the evening of Valentine's Day? Ask them. Cynics have suggested that they held the evening meeting on the evening of Valentine's Day as a way to hold down attendance. That is as good a suggestion as any but here is a better suggestion there should be many more than 4 evening meetings held every year!

And the Commissioners along with President Pierotti should begin videotaping and broadcasting their meetings on the web and cable TV like the DuPage County Board and most local municipalities have done for years.