My Open Meetings Complaint to the DA
Below is the complaint I sent to the Marathon County District Attorney. My reasons are described in the complaint. The problem is not just in this one meeting. It appears to me that Admin Davel and Pres Joling have made it a habit to do their deeds under the cover of illegitimate closed session, based on insufficient notice on the published agenda. There are a half dozen other such meetings that should be prosecuted as well. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has defined guidelines for public notices of closed session meetings and it is not rocket science for Joling or even Davel to understand. A basic rule of thumb is that if you the public have no clue as to what the meeting is actually about, then it is in violation of the Open Meetings Law. Joling and Davel have done this time after time after time, and I believe it is deliberate because they are both too cowardly to face public observation and criticism ...