Purely partisan political gatherings are not meetings of public bodies subject to the Open Meetings Act. That's the determination of the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Bureau after ruling on a pair of complaints regarding three Galesburg alderman attending a March campaign event.
The mayor of Galesburg says removing Gerald Smith as city manager "will do irreparable short-term and long-term harm" to the city and its residents. An alderperson counters that the mayor needs to respect democracy and the outcome of elections.