Attorney: Wayland selectmen letter violated Open Meeting Law

Wayland Town Crier 12/27/11: Attorney: Wayland selectmen letter violated Open Meeting Law. The Board of Selectmen is under fire again from attorney George Harris, who has filed another state Open Meeting Law complaint, this time regarding a guest column written by the board for the Wayland Town Crier’s Dec. 1 issue. The article, referred to at the most recent selectmen meeting as both an “op-ed piece” and a “guest column,” was titled “Tax relief for Wayland”. A draft of the proposed text was emailed by Chairman Tom Fay to the other board members for review prior to their Nov. 28 meeting. Harris, a former Wayland selectman, says Fay and Selectman John Bladon, who wrote the draft, violated the Open Meeting Law by sharing opinions with a quorum of the board in a non-public forum.

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