Open Government Austin

Plaintiffs' proposed ballot language

I figured that all of the Open Government Austin readers out there would like to know the proposed language sent to Council for today's court-ordered rewrite at 10AM at the City Council (Ceasar Chavez and Lavaca):

“Proposition 1-- Shall the City of Austin Charter be amended to place certain public documents on the Internet, to place additional information on the Internet to the greatest extent practical and protective of privacy, to ensure that public records are archived, to open certain new information when requested under the Public Information Act including police misconduct records, and to conduct public meetings to negotiate economic development agreements and the police meet and confer contract?”

Glen Maxey, former state representative and plaintiff in the suit, said that "The city has a chance to make democracy work." We will find out what the council does starting at 10. I'll be blogging it as soon as possible on the City's free WiFi in the Council Chamber.

posted by opengovaustin @ Monday, April 03, 2006