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Our Views: Move to change legal organ a way to keep public in dark
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Hall County Commission Chairman Richard Mecum on Thursday asked county legislators to consider changing state law to allow local websites to be county legal organs. Mecum pitched the idea as a way for the county to save money, though he didn’t explain how it was he expected money to be saved. He also didn’t address the purpose of legal organs and the role they serve in a community, which is unfortunate because too many elected officials seem intentionally oblivious to the significant role that public notice advertising plays in keeping the public informed.