Time to put on the tinfoil hat........

C.J. and Billy both have good posts on just how decisions are arrived at by the City Council.

Here's the two options presented by C.J.:

1. The council members are skirting the Open Meetings Act and deliberating these issues out of the public eye. (Note I said “skirting,” not “violating.”) This is Billy’s theory. He suggests that decisions are made “during phone calls and emails, and during social events.” Conflicts exist, but they are being resolved in secret.
2. The council members are blindly following the recommendations of staff or the district council person without thinking through or deliberating the issue at all. Council members avoid conflict by not thinking.

I would lean toward option 1. Any thoughts?