By LEADER STAFF
By law, all the city’s legal business is public record.
By statute, every lawsuit and settlement are public record.
In reality, the city’s business inside the city solicitor’s office is a closely guarded secret unless someone asks.
Councilor Gerly Adrien and Councilor Fred Capone favored having the city solicitor’s office provide all this information semi-annually as a matter of increasing transparency about the city’s business.
In fact, the mayor has been touting his belief that transparency above all is what he wants to achieve.
But when push came to shove, City Solicitor Colleen Mejia told the council that she would choose privacy over transparency in this instance as a measure of prudence.
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