Mayor won’t commit to open meetings

March 5th, 2012, 2:31 pm · 7 Comments · posted by Daniel Chacon

Mayor Steve Bach formally announced the creation of the Pikes Peak Region Mayors Caucus on Monday.

The group includes the mayors of surrounding communities and the commission chairpersons of El Paso and Teller counties.

The group has met twice before, first on Feb. 2 and then again Monday morning.

Both meetings have been behind closed doors.

Will the group’s future meetings be open to the public?

Bach said the Pikes Peak mayors caucus should do what the Denver Metro Mayors Caucus does.

“I don’t know that those meetings in Denver are open to the public,” he said.

“We should find out, and we should pattern what we do, I think, after what they’ve done because they’ve been very successful,” he said.

I’ve got your answer, Mr. Mayor.

The Denver Metro Mayors Caucus meetings are open to the public.

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lilithia says:

March 5, 2012 at 3:15 pm

yeah that’s what we need more classified meetings Bach. Bach is so uncomfotable with his press conferences. Maybe he needs some public speaking classes.
Lilithia

csaction says:

March 5, 2012 at 8:06 pm

We peon citizens have no right to know what elected leaders do, since they do NOT represent us.

Violating the LAW of open meetings let’s him
HIDE what he’s doing
HIDE what he’s not doing and
HIDE who he’s doing it with.

The only thing it doesn’t hide is who he’s doing it to.

The arrogance of this jerk is beyond contempt.

lumpygravy says:

March 6, 2012 at 9:01 am

Bach re-election campaign slogan:

Transparent – Like a Rock

Well, some of us can see right through you.

Pubilius says:

March 6, 2012 at 9:40 am

To all – including Daniel Chacon – who are so concerned about Mayor Bach’s calendar and meetings: do you apply the same scrutiny to Scott Hente and Jan Martin’s calendars? Or Lionel Riviera’s?

If so, I must have missed those articles – if not, why not?

We elected Steve Bach to represent us – not Richard Skorman – get over it.

Regardless of who was elected, we all need to get behind the Mayor and trust him to clean up the mess left by his predecessor; the constant sniping is not helping at all.

March 6, 2012 at 4:39 pm

the sniping is just what we need. I will not support Bach I did not vote for him and the interest he has is for his Broadmoor buddies, not us citizens of Colorado Springs.
As for Lionel Riviera I can’t post what I think of him and his BS, And futhermore to think Bach is getting digging us out Not. Living in Dufus city.
Lilithia