Margaret Gibbons has been covering Montgomery County government for a quarter-century. Very little gets past this seasoned reporter. And she's never one to back down when elected officials are caught doing something questionable.
Gibbons writes about the problems she's been having getting some basic information about the politically-connected members of the county’s new economic development policy task force, which is appointed by the Montgomery County Commissioners (headed by Jim Matthews and Joe Hoeffel).
Not only are Matthews and Hoeffel being secretive about the members of the task force, but they didn't bother to inform anyone of the task force's first meeting, which was supposed to be open to the public.
Matthews and Hoeffel have been on the defensive about the task force, which some have said is another example of cronyism since the duo agreed to a power-sharing agreement.
Read more about the secretive government under Matthews and Hoeffel in Gibbons' latest column in The Mercury.
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