Open Doors

In the wake of a Dark Age in open government (and the jury's out on how much really changed last January 20), I hear some say that government decision makers should never mull over policy behind closed doors. As in NEVER.

I don't think that's right. But I do think we're in a time that leaders better have a damn good, and damn clear, reason for closing the doors of public meeting rooms to the public, and spent this column saying exactly why. Ashland city government fell short of that mark last week, but I understand they changed their direction to open the doors back up. Good for them.