Criminals in the City Hall

Carrying on the public business in secret.

Criminals in the City Hall

 

 

By Elton Camp

 

 

Reporter Joe’s state had enacted a sunshine law

But to open meeting the city council said, “Naw.”

 

“We see no reason that you should be needing

To know anything about the council’s proceeding.”

 

“We will spend the public’s money as we see best

And just how we do it isn’t any business to the rest.”

 

Joe continued to demand that the law be obeyed

Contempt for the regulation the council displayed

 

The next meeting, they firmly closed the door

Keeping Joe out just as they had done times before

 

With their contempt for the law, Joe had enough

So he decided that it high time for him to be rough

 

So he obtained a bright yellow crime scene tape

Across the red meeting room door he did drape

 

The photograph he took ran on the front page

The public outcry threw the council into a rage