When the Blue Lake City Council voted in a May 13 closed session to ratify a severance agreement with its longtime City Manager Amanda “Mandy” Mager, it violated California government transparency laws for the second time in a week. The council met that day with two items on the closed session agenda — the possible […]
Ryan Plotz
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Blue Lake Council Appears to Have Violated State Open Meeting Laws When Parting with City Manager
After some 42 hours of rampant speculation spread through Blue Lake that long-time City Manager Amanda “Mandy” Mager had been fired by the city council during a closed session performance review May 6, Finance Manager Dani Burkhart sent an official, 72-word statement from the city at 12:15 p.m. on May 8. “City Manager Amanda ‘Mandy’ […]