Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: WKU open meetings controversy easily resolved — read statute
In the midst of an open meetings controversy at Western Kentucky University involving an illegal series of less than quorum…
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Amye Bensenhaver: A cautionary tale, indeed, for Cameron and his penchant for ignoring precedent
The Oldham County Circuit Court’s June 13 open meetings opinion in J. Albert Harrison v. Oldham County Ethics Commission should…
Amye Bensenhaver: After months of rancor at state level, Taylor Mill returns to ‘politics’ of the people
In a public meeting described as “strained,” the Taylor Mill City Commission recently focused on constituent concerns about a year-old…
Amye Bensenhaver: Lawmakers have sabotaged open records, open meetings; ’23 bears watching
Kentucky lawmakers faced a dilemma in 1975. One year earlier, they enthusiastically enacted an open meetings and an open records law…
Amye Bensenhaver: A disconcerting look at open government on the 50th anniversary of Watergate
As the nation reflects on the fiftieth anniversary of Watergate, Kentuckians should pause to consider one of its least heralded…
Amye Bensenhaver: Legislative session a draw, open meetings law setback, open records law unscathed
Let’s call 2022’s legislative session a wash for open government. The open meetings law suffered a setback, but the open…
Amye Bensenhaver: The public is also at fault for allowing our lawmakers to evade accountability
Compounding the problems veteran political writer Al Cross identifies in his recent column in The NKyTribune — aptly titled, “Kentucky…
Amye Bensenhaver: Illegal less-than-quorum meetings are the crabgrass of violations
What violation of the open meetings law is as common as crabgrass and just as pernicious? Ask the Glasgow Daily…
Amye Bensenhaver: Legislators, public abandoned any pretense of compliance with open meetings
Amidst the usual controversies that attend the opening days of a legislative session, the first week of the 2019 Kentucky…