Eddie Overholt, Industrial Development Boards and their problem with Sunshine laws
Last month, a Hamilton County judge ruled that Chattanooga's industrial development board violated the Open Meetings Act in a decision to give tax money to a developer to build a golf course community on a mountain. This month, Office of Open Records Counsel Elisha Hodge warned the chairman of the Greene County Industrial Development Board, Alan Broyles, that an inaudible meeting violates the state's Open Meetings Act. Hodge said she listened and watched a video of Greene County Industrial Development Board's July 18 meeting where citizen Eddie Overholt was famously cuffed and arrested for asking the board to speak up. Hodge said she could not hear portions of the meeting even though [...]