So, will Lower Merion Township welcome spring with a new attitude on "sunshine"? I say no. So if you are a fan of open meetings, be at the township building on Wednesday, April 1st at 4:45pm - 2nd floor again.

I predict a scene. I predict banning Audrey, Dave and the other folks who want in from attending the meeting. OR they will just up and cancel these Ad Hoc meetings altogether to keep the public in the dark foreever - it's only your tax dollars, no big deal on how they are spent, right?

You know, I had a wonderful conversation with Audrey Romasco just the other day. Mutual friends connected us as I had wanted to speak with her and she with me. Our conversation got me to thinking:

When did local government stop being about the people? Audrey's desire for these meetings to be open is not only about CIP and budget issues, and neither was Radnor's school board records or Bashore stuff a single issue. These issues are symptoms of a larger problem: Openess and transparency in government. Another openess and transparency issue? The contrived meetings at odd times of day between Lower Merion and St. Joe's brokered by former commissioner and lobbyist Ken Davis, right?

So here's the deal-i-o: turning out to support Audrey is not a bad thing. Almost wish Christine Perrone and Judy Sherry and some other local folks who have striven for openess in government would come and support Audrey. We're all residents, and no matter WHAT the issue is, local municipalities need to stop skirting sunshine. And if they do, it's up to us to hold them accountable or shame on us, right?

And just so y'all know, FOIA has been updated to me more user friendly to us small fry in society. We can now make retoractive to 1/2009 requests...which means, maybe it is time to request all the documents which document how much money has been spent on "consultants" in this township over the past 8 - 10 years? One thing, where's the FOIA form online on Lower Merion's website, or isn't there one?

For more on Sunshine in Pennsylvania, please visit http://openrecordsPA.org/ - book mark it!

So, in Lower Merion, can we smell a sunshine suit on the horizon?

Look out Lower Merion Township, it's an election year. Count your blessings Scott Zelov, 'cause if Audrey was running against you, re-election wouldn't be a sure thing would it?

Speaking of elctions, is it true the president of the board of commissioners is trying to rally union employee support to get rid of commissioners like Jenny Brown? Just curious, aren't you?