Two Opinion Pieces on Open Meeting 'Deform'

As I wrote here Friday, the ethics bill passed this week by the Massachusetts legislature had the ironic effect of weakening the open meeting law. Two opinion pieces published over the weekend make this point in no uncertain terms:

• Hired guns shoot up Open Meeting law, an op-ed by Larry McDermott, publisher of The Republican.

• Our opinion: Open meeting loopholes tarnish solid reform effort, an editorial in The Patriot Ledger.