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Council Puts a Little Openness into Its Secret Meetings

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· Story link Saying it has always had an interest in being open, the Borough council in Washington, NJ, adopted…

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Saying it has always had an interest in being open, the Borough council in Washington, NJ, adopted a resolution calling on itself to provide more advance information on its meetings. Well, not just any meetings. Its secret meetings. Now the council will have to specify which of 11 specific reasons is prompting it to go behind closed doors. (5/8/08)

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