Post by Logan on Apr 9, 2016 20:20:01 GMT -6
Maine lawmakers continue practice of meeting behind closed doors
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers on the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee thumbed their noses at Maine's open-meeting law Thursday, taking their deliberations behind locked doors after being challenged by the Sun Journal on the matter.
The committee was meeting to debate proposed Department of Health and Human Services rule changes that could result in the loss of millions of dollars to agencies that provide services to children on the autism spectrum or who live with other developmental disabilities.
After discussing the issue in public before a standing-room-only crowd, Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, the Senate chairman of the committee, called for a so-called "corner caucus" and recessed the committee.
Rep. Drew Gattine, D-Westbrook, the House chairman of the committee, did not object to taking the committee's business behind closed doors.
Read more: www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/0001/11/30/maine-lawmakers-continue-practice-meeting-behind-closed-doors/1902903
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers on the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee thumbed their noses at Maine's open-meeting law Thursday, taking their deliberations behind locked doors after being challenged by the Sun Journal on the matter.
The committee was meeting to debate proposed Department of Health and Human Services rule changes that could result in the loss of millions of dollars to agencies that provide services to children on the autism spectrum or who live with other developmental disabilities.
After discussing the issue in public before a standing-room-only crowd, Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, the Senate chairman of the committee, called for a so-called "corner caucus" and recessed the committee.
Rep. Drew Gattine, D-Westbrook, the House chairman of the committee, did not object to taking the committee's business behind closed doors.
Read more: www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/0001/11/30/maine-lawmakers-continue-practice-meeting-behind-closed-doors/1902903