Even with the current video recordings by fist amendment activist of open meetings there are still backroom deals and important information withheld or not given to the public. A reporter for NJ news and views recently got Lakewood township to provide documents. from NJ News and Views "After two years of denying access to documentation referenced in items scheduled for discussion on workshop/executive session meeting agendas of the
Lakewood Township Committee, which committeemen formerly provided to the few members of the public that showed up to attend at 5:30 p.m., before the public session began at 7:30 p.m., township officials at last provided the requested documentation under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA)." Read more at the NJnewsandviews (skip the first half to see the report on Lakewood.
Lakewood Township Committee, which committeemen formerly provided to the few members of the public that showed up to attend at 5:30 p.m., before the public session began at 7:30 p.m., township officials at last provided the requested documentation under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA)." Read more at the NJnewsandviews (skip the first half to see the report on Lakewood.