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Sullivan county commissioners seek to weaken Sunshine Law.
February 18, 2009 | Tagged John McKamey, politics, Sunshine Law, Tennessee | 3 Comments
I thought we where going to have this awesome open government? Looks like true colors are starting to show. With all votes choosing to derail the Sunshine Law except one lone voice. John McKamey
Thank you for the vote against it.
Commissioner Jim King’s resolution to ask state lawmakers to change the legal definition of a meeting under Tennessee’s Sunshine Law so that two members of a public body could discuss or communicate with each other on any matter in private as long as those two members do not constitute a voting quorum.
The communication could be face to face, written or electronic, according to the resolution.
Only one commissioner John McKamey voted against the proposal.
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 Garth Blackburn 423-279-0684 |
 Linda Brittenham Email LindaThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it 423-538-8506 |
 James “Moe” Brotherton 423-239-8518 |
 Darlene R. Calton Email Darlene 423-239-5363 |
 O.W. Ferguson 423-247-3328 |
 Clyde Groseclose 423-246-4864 |
 Terry Harkleroad 423-765-0746 |
 Bart Long Email Bart 423-573-4663 |
 Joe Herron Email Joe 423-246-6154 |
 Dennis Houser 423-323-6628 |
 Sam Jones Email Sam 423-239-6093 |
 Elliot Kilgore 423-247-5218 |
 W.G. “Bill” Kilgore Email Bill 423-378-3378 |
 Dwight D. King 423-538-5851 |
 James “Buddy” King 423-968-1028 |
 James L. King Jr. 423-246-9092 |
 Wayne McConnell 423-245-3547 |
 John McKamey 423-538-6398 |
 Randy Morrell 423-878-8333 |
Photo Coming Soon. Larry Hall Email Larry 423-323-9337 |
 Michael Surgenor 423-288-7747 |
 Eddie Williams 423-349-4856 |
 Mark Vance Email Mark 423-323-6472 |
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Commissioner James King is up to his old tricks. Below is what he did in December 2007 as reported by the Bristol Herald Courier
Published: December 17, 2007
Commissioner James King of Kingsport sponsored a resolution seeking to lessen restrictions in the state’s open meetings law, which currently prohibits two or more members of the same governing body from meeting in private to deliberate public business.
“This [current law] is not practical,” King said as he presented his resolution to the commission at its Monday meeting. “It doesn’t make sense prohibiting two commissioners from talking one-on-one without it being done in a public meeting. It’s just darn good sense to be able to talk about things before we get here.”
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