The Proposed Taping Ban Continued
The Vienna Town Council recently proposed banning the video taping of meetings due to this web site. Questioned about the proposed ban Jane Seeman said:
What did the article say that Seeman mentions in the video? Via the Virginia State Freedom of Information Act we forced the Town to turn over a copy of the article:
Why would the Town of Vienna be looking to newspaper articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer about narrow court cases in the State of New Jersey? After reading the article does it really seem plausible, as Jane Seeman says, that she was not looking to ban 'anything'? Does it seem plausible after reading the article that the Town was looking to ban video simply due to citizens feeling 'intimidated'?
Here is the governing Virginia State Law regarding freedom of information. Here is the exact code section. State code clearly says:
"Any person may photograph, film, record or otherwise reproduce any portion of a meeting required to be open."
Sorry Mayor, you are not in Jersey. This is the State of Virginia.
