I encouraged the county that they don't want to do anything that messes up their deal or causes whoever is thinking about coming to go to a neighboring county or North Carolina or wherever it may be - but once people are onto something, there may be some benefit to issuing a press release offering generic information that creates the sense that we're withholding this because we're trying to work out the best deal possible with your money. |
Just because a meeting is held in closed session doesn't render it confidential. You can hold a meeting in closed session but you can't make people not talk. |
The way the exemption for economic development is drawn is to allow government to protect records provided by a business considering locating or expanding to the government for economic-development and papers generated by the government in response to that or related to that. It would have to be tied down to a specific prospect or prospects. |