City Council’s Same Day Minutes, A Memphis Anomaly
Thumbnail: Meeting after meeting, Memphis City Council continues to use “same day minutes” to skirt public discussions. It’s simply become a way for a member to advance a resolution, vote on it, and to get the minutes approved at the same meeting. There was a time when it was used for major issues, and even then, it was a way to sidestep robust public debate and it rewarded questions brought to the Council at the 11th hour.
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