Austin American-Statesman, january 5, 2018

Re: Dec. 30 article, “Austin Will Appeal Its Most Recent Court Loss Involving the Texas Open Meetings Act.”

I applaud City Council Member Alison Alter for asking city staff to study and recommend legally required agenda-posting procedures. However, it’s shameful that it took two court rulings in the people’s favor to prompt this action. The city of Austin was founded in 1839. It shouldn’t have taken them 178 years to learn how to properly prepare their meeting notices — 179 before the study is completed.

We can at least be thankful for one thing. The City Council meetings have never failed to keep us entertained, befuddled and amused. In the words of Paul Simon, the folks at City Hall are “still crazy after all these years.”

BILL OAKEY, AUSTIN

Musical Accompaniment for This Blog Piece:

1. “Still Crazy After All These Years” – Paul Simon
2. “That Song Is Driving Me Crazy” – Tom T. Hall
3. “Crazy” – Written and recorded by Willie Nelson, 1962
4. “Crazy” – Patsy Cline version
5. “Crazy ‘Bout Ya Baby” – The Crew Cuts
6. “Crazy Arms” – Willie Nelson & Ray Price
7. “Crazy Baby” – Doug Sahm
8. “Crazy Talk” – Brenda Lee
9. “She’s Crazy for Leaving” – Guy Clark
10. “Crazy Man, Crazy” – Bill Haley & His Comets