Accountability is only for the big city? We disagree | News, Sports, Jobs
When is a town just too small for its citizens to expect accountability from its taxpayer-paid leaders? Never? That would be our answer, too. But under current Minnesota law, residents of small cities — those with fewer than 7,500 people — have less access to information about the personnel records of city leaders than people who live in larger towns. If you need a definition of “defies logic,” that’s a good place to start. A change to the state law championed by Sen. Jeff Howe, R-Rockville, would tighten that exemption. But first, lawmakers will have to bypass resistance from the L...
Source: marshallindependent.com
