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Open government can lead to….murder?
Posted By katie allison granju
That’s the case Tennessee Ticket seems to be making:
The dark side of open government
Please don’t misunderstand me. I am 100% for transparency and public involvement in government, from the local to the supranational.*
But a tragic story out of Kirkwood, Missouri illustrates that there is often a tradeoff involved. The problem isn’t usually this severe, but I think we have all seen or known of citizens who attend council and commission meetings on a regular basis, and seem to tie up the public’s business with a lot of noise — most of it whining about how they are being unfairly treated in some way. It is right to grant these citizens the opportunity to address their representatives, of course. But how do we deal with the disruptiveness caused by the worst offenders without damaging our precious freedom?
And what do we do when the possibility exists that a session that is by definition open to the general public puts that public in extreme danger because of an individual bent on violence? The U.S. Capitol shootings of a few years back are another example, and there have been plenty of others.
Feb 8th, 2008
The person who shot out the red light camera comes to mind. These people need to be locked up, not turned into celebrities by a media that flocks to eccentric loud mouths and weirdos like groupies flock to rock and roll stars.