They would make it punishable by jail time if an outburst disrupted a public meeting.
"I'm just trying to bring civility, safety to public meetings," State Sen. Don Ipson said of his bill.
I do not know that I oppose legislation against protests so significant that they prevent a public body from conducting its business.
But, I consider that some public meetings do not provide opportunity for public input. Perhaps, whatever law is passed should loosen up the people's right to have their views presented at such meetings. What would be wrong if every meeting were opened to brief, peaceful comments from the public?
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