Fairhope, Alabama
CLOSED TO PUBLIC DUE TO VIRUS THREAT
The city council has called a special meeting today (April 7) for 4:30 to discuss imposing a curfew.
The meeting will be held by teleconference (among council members) so no members of the public or media will be present, per the governor's March 18th emergency order relaxing regular open meeting laws during the c-virus crisis (below).
(Usually council members must be physically present to establish a quorum/participate in discussions ... and meetings must be open to the public.)
It will not be live streamed or video taped either we were told; a synopsis will be sent out later by the city clerk per the governor's order.
We asked the mayor and council president for possible reasons for imposing a curfew but have not heard back yet.
CLOSED TO PUBLIC DUE TO VIRUS THREAT
The city council has called a special meeting today (April 7) for 4:30 to discuss imposing a curfew.
The meeting will be held by teleconference (among council members) so no members of the public or media will be present, per the governor's March 18th emergency order relaxing regular open meeting laws during the c-virus crisis (below).
(Usually council members must be physically present to establish a quorum/participate in discussions ... and meetings must be open to the public.)
It will not be live streamed or video taped either we were told; a synopsis will be sent out later by the city clerk per the governor's order.
We asked the mayor and council president for possible reasons for imposing a curfew but have not heard back yet.
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| Governor's March 18 order concerning public meetings. |
Comments
Vote these people out or welcome to the police state of Fairhope.
Cases are low because of the steps alredy taken , dum dum."
Know it "Al" is casting aspersions? As in "Al" Gore?
Sounds about right.
Frankly the police should not be busy at all right now and enforcing a curfew would hardly be so tough. I am OK with curfew but it really doesn’t seem to be a big deal given the stay in place orders. I would like to see more social distancing enforcement . People don’t need a citation but a little shaming of violators would be fine. Better done by a cop than me. The CC is going to be pretty busy if they have to have a special meeting every time an issue like this comes up. Bigger fish to fry around here.
False. There is no bigger fish to fry than preventing a police state.
If you remain unclear, ask any person who lived under the Stasi. Such persons walk among us still. This is not ancient history. It can repeat itself.