Keeping the city up-to-date
From our story on the police department investigation today:
Bellamy declined to comment on the suspension or on his letter to federal prosecutors. Though city officials acknowledge the letter is public information, the refused to provide a copy to the News & Record until federal prosecutors receive it in the mail.
A city spokeswoman cited "professional courtesy" to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
From our story last week:
Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Anderson Groat said she had grown increasingly frustrated that the city had released little or no information recently, and had asked for updates almost weekly.
"The citizens, the taxpayers, pay the bills and they should be kept informed as much as possible," she said Thursday.
Councilwoman Yvonne Johnson agreed. "We need to keep the public and the press up-to-date. There's a lot of stuff that's being printed that's not accurate. We need to say that."
I'm all about professional courtesy, but I'm not sure the city quite gets it yet.