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sinrakin
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Joined: 11 Oct 2002
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 Posted: 05/28/03 - 07:59 Post subject: You've got to like this guy
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Not sure how far he'll get, but we need more people like him.
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030528_496.html
| Quote: | N.M. Mayor Bans Doors at City Hall
New Mexico Mayor Initiates 'No-Door Policy' for Las Cruces' City Hall
The Associated Press
LAS CRUCES, N.M. May 28 —
It would be hard to break the new Las Cruces mayor's prohibition against closed door meetings in his City Hall office. There isn't a door to close.
Removing the door from the mayor's office was one of Bill Mattiace's first official acts upon taking office in March.
Now, anyone can walk into the mayor's office to chat if he's available and Mattiace said the policy has been working.
"It's definitely a literal example of my intent to promote open government," Mattiace said.
But he admits it did take a little time to get used to the no-door policy. Several people didn't even want to meet with the mayor unless it was more private.
He said one developer who came into the office looked for a door to close, saying he had something private to discuss with Mattiace.
"I told him there wasn't any door, and if he really needed to say it then he could go ahead and say it without a door," Mattiace said. "He left, and I heard him muttering, 'There's no door, there's no door.'"
Mattiace is a relative newcomer to politics. He was elected to the City Council in 1999 and voted mayor in a special March election after former Mayor Ruben Smith left to take a job with the state.
Before that, he was a substitute high school teacher, assistant college tennis coach, sales manager at an automobile dealership and vice president of a travel agency owned by his wife.
"It's been a learning experience so far, but something I've welcomed," Mattiace said.
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scoresia
RealPoor Sensei
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Posts: 1500
Location: Florida
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Posted: 05/28/03 - 09:02 Post subject:
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Wow.... (I thought I had more to say) ...................................................... wow
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Paco
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Joined: 13 Oct 2002
Posts: 12940
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Posted: 05/28/03 - 09:12 Post subject:
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there's no door......
.......................................there's no door!
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Silvermouse
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Joined: 12 Oct 2002
Posts: 11015
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Posted: 05/28/03 - 10:13 Post subject:
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It will be hard for people to bribe him for land permits with b******s if there's no door.
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