Although Utah's Open Meetings Act allows the commission to close a meeting to discuss personnel matters, if Hallsey wants the meeting open, there's no privacy interest to protect, and the meeting should be open to the public.

GO TED!

The fact that he won't meet with his bosses and runs to the media shows that he is a problem employee. Most people would never refuse to meet with their boss to discuss their concerns. If they aren't true, then why is he afraid to meet with them and resolve any issues.

Kane County has already spent huge amounts of money on lawsuits associated with its ill advised RS2477 road battle. They were forced to double property taxes for the past two years. Regardless of the merits of Mr. Hallisey's case, their decision to exercise their rights to an Executive Session is a good one since it will reduce the risk of lawsuits. Besides, there may well be things discussed and information revealed that Mr. Hallisey would not like to be made public as well. Of course, the media would like to hear the dirty details, but I think these things need to run their course. There is plenty of time, should the County Commission decide to take action against Mr. Hallisey, for legal filings. Until then, discretion is wise and this matter should not be used to advance personal political agendas.

That fact that the bosses won't make allow anyone to know what the problems are when requested by the one accused shows that his bosses are hiding something, or don't want how they are doing things to be exposed. If they have nothing to hide, why are they afraid to allow it to be public in order to resolve any issues.

As a member of a board of directors of a humanitarian organization, I sure found out what happens when you try to discuss serious charges against an employee. If anything becomes public, the employee sues--and that threat is serious. So the employee does all he can to make the meetings public so that he can threaten libel and slander suits. And if the organization does decide to get rid of an employee for cause, it's unable to tell anyone why, which opens up subsequent employers to the same problems the first organization had.

Ride em Cowboy!
They sound like a bunch of bullies.