Transparceny in Government = Trust in Government

It floored me today when I heard that Councilman Jeff Preisner was proposing to discontinue televising city council meetings as a money saving measure.  I think most Topekans would agree that we have a major trust issue with the leadership in the community and things like this only add to it.  We need more transparency not less. We need transparency in all areas, city council, city budget, city departments, etc.  These are our elected officials and tax dollars and we deserve to know how descisions are made and how our money is spent.  With so much distrust, it is particularly important that the city government be as transparent as possible moving forward if they want to regain trust.  Not televising cit council meetings is definitely moving in the wrong direction from where our city government needs to go.

City Wide Voting

At-large council suggested

Mayor says setup would be less provincial

By Tim Carpenter

The Capital-Journal
Published Friday, June 20, 2008

Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten raised the possibility Thursday of electing the city council through at-large voting rather than by district.

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  • Travis Gooden
  • June 20th, 2008
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