I am in the dark with regard to the Review Board hearing on Barbara Gonzalez's firing. My only sources of information are Brandon Janes's two articles in KDH and Mayor Corbin's Facebook post. I don't think there is any reason I should be under-informed. There were people there ready to make a full record of the proceedings, but they were prevented -- by the authority of the Killeen city government -- from doing so.
Glen Morrison must take responsibility for the decision to decrease the visibility of the proceedings. He's also the person most likely to suffer if Ms. Gonzalez's dismissal is overturned. In my opinion, City Manager Morrison must -- from this point onward -- make sure that the public has full information of all proceedings in this case. If he does anything less, he decreases his own credibility.
It is interesting that the city said that the proceedings could not be video recorded, but could be audio taped. Are they really that far out of date. You hardly can purchase an audio tape recorder today! Also they allowed the use of Iphones that can audio and video record and take photos. obviously much lower quality than a broadcast quality video camera. They do not seem to understand the bad PR that gives Killeen's reputation.
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