Cambridge, MA City Council 2011-13
[From article]
The letter to the Attorney General argues the complaint should be dismissed chiefly because it came to council approximately six months after the alleged violation occurred. State law requires complaints to be filed within 30 days of the alleged violation or 30 days from when the alleged violation “could reasonably have been discovered.”
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Reeves said there was an “omnibus” provision in the council rules that state, “We can do whatever we want when we want to do it, too.”
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Reeves said. “I hope [the complaint] goes to the Attorney General, to the U.S. Attorney and to the president of the world to clear my name because I care about what is being said about me. If I’m doing some nefarious thing, I usually tell you it’s a nefarious thing.”
What is perplexing is how the City Solicitor and the City Council asserts a legal defense to a complaint about an open meetings law violation. It is only one of many city and state and U.S. laws regularly and for many years violated by the city council. The council defiantly violated its own rules for many years making all of what they do questionable. In Cambridge, in the state of Massachusetts bureaucracies, and taking a leadership role in the current White House the politicians flagrantly exhibit contempt for the U.S. Constitution and laws of the United States. Contrary to their oaths of offices, these officials show a relaxed attitude toward laws. Perhaps it is the way that Harvard University is granted the option to disobey inconvenient laws, that makes the local, state and US government follow their lead. It is laughable that Reeves cites a council rule which he says allows them to do whatever they want to do. That explains Reeves' conduct when running council meetings. The main rule that the councilors know is to suspend the rules. That makes rules unnecessary. What is so difficult for adults to learn Robert's Rules of Order? I learned them when I was 13 years old, to run high school fraternity meetings. Reeves has a Harvard College degree and one from the University of Michigan Law School. He certainly has the intellectual ability to learn those rules. More worrisome is Reeves' comment about "the president of the world" and that he "admits" his nefarious acts. Hahaha.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1565410242/Cambridge-City-Council-responds-to-Open-Meeting-Law-complaint
Cambridge City Council responds to Open Meeting Law complaint
By Erin Baldassari/ebaldassari@wickedlocal.com
Wicked Local Cambridge
Posted Nov 14, 2013 @ 11:59 AM
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