Column: Connecting Dots – DDA, FOIA
Some good news for open government came out of Lansing this last week, on Nov. 12.
Extract from Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority records of attendance at committee meetings. Scanned by The Chronicle.
A piece of legislation that would “modernize” Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act moved out of the House Oversight Committee.
Progress on that legislation will be interesting to track as the bill possibly makes its way into state law. [.pdf of HB 4001]
For now, I’d like to focus on just one clause of the proposed legislation. And I’d like to connect that to some otherwise unrelated dots, one of which is an upcoming Ann Arbor city council vote.
That vote – on an appointment to the board of the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority – will take place either at the council’s next meeting on Nov. 18 or possibly at its following meeting on Dec. 2. [Full Story]