Typically, the council meetings have been poorly attended with the exception of the occasional hot topic that draws people away from home and family to listen in on city business. My hope is that the recent revelations at the county, i.e. what they do when people aren’t watching might encourage more people to attend city, school and port commission meetings. Truthfully we can’t blame officials for acting without input if the public shows little interest in what they do.
Having said all that I will be staying away from the Coquille meetings until some new, (one in particular),semi regular attendees stop going or learn some manners. It is so discouraging to see everyone else allow bad manners and never raise a finger to scold or defend the victim of those bad manners. Public meetings should be run with decorum and dignity and civic leaders should model it and insist upon it.
