A cogent analysis of the recent dispute involving a committee of the Metro Council and the city.

The city attempted to block the committee's efforts to hear testimony from Interim Chief of Police Schroeder and Public Safety Director Hess about the city's response to recent protests, agreeing to permit Schroeder and Hess to testify only in an unauthorized closed session conducted under an inapplicable exception to the open meetings law.

Attorneys for the Courier Journal, along with the Kentucky Open Government Coalition, swiftly moved to call the city out on the absurdity of its position.