Cincinnati council members are being indicted for doing city government business outside of regular meetings. That violation of the open meetings Sunshine Law was practiced in Middletown for years and remains their standard of operation. That’s the reason that citizens have no control over council whatsoever.

And worse, Doug Atkins twisted the meaning of the law and held sway over new or naive council with threat of prosecution if they spoke to any citizen about city business outside of council meetings. Other long time council members knew better but evidently it has served their purpose too well.

Why isn’t Middletown Council being prosecuted?