Public Government Meetings: “Closed due to COVID – and something else later.” There is nothing that so defines bureaucratic flexibility as the ability to use anything as an excuse – except possibly their ability to get away with it — let’s see you try to use “I’m understaffed,” for not paying your property taxes on time.
And nothing that so defines politicians as their desire to embrace more power.
That’s why COVID was a windfall event in the Darwinian playing field of politics – every disruption is a chance for corruption.
The COVID ban on public meetings streamlined the whole acquisition and approval process – and it’s a perk they don’t intend to give up.