GUEST COMMENTARY [Name withheld by request out of fear of retaliation] For two decades, Leo Lutz has occupied the mayor's office in Columbia, and his supporters are quick to credit him with every positive development in our borough, but leadership is a two-way street. If Mayor Lutz is going to accept praise for Columbia's successes, many of which, frankly, he had little direct involvement in, then he must also be held accountable for our failures. The facts paint a troubling picture. Despite the mayor's repeated assurances that our streets are safe, we've witnessed a disturbing rise in assaults, shootings, and vandalism. His promises have fallen by the wayside: the foot patrol we were promised never materialized, nor did the bike patrol that was supposed to increase our sense of security. Fiscally, the situation is equally dire. Taxes have increased at least twice during Mayor Lutz's tenure, yet the borough now finds itself millions of dollars in debt. This isn...
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Few, I'd wager, have participated in the Department of Homeland Security or FEMA training initiatives.
See this, for example: https://www.dhs.gov/school-safety-and-security
Or this: http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Safe%20Schools/Pages/default.aspx
Sure they can convene to an executive session to talk about subjects in which they're not versed? But to what end? And when do the lines get crossed or blurred?
Let's face it; Pennsylvania's Sunshine Law is essentially meaningless as we drift away into totalitarianism.