I have documented and proven beyond any doubt that the recording of town board executive sessions is not illegal. The editor has confirmed this repeatedly as well, yet Anita Clayton continues to insist I am wrong [“Mr. Willsey owes many people an apology,” letter to the Altamont Enterprise editor, March 20, 2026].
I provided very compelling evidence in my recent letter [“Public would be better served if executive sessions were recorded,” The Altamont Enterprise, March 5, 2026] that the bipartisan board approved recording policy of 2020 vastly reduced the frequency of unnecessary executive sessions and addressed a number of problems associated with executive sessions.
So where did the current town clerk get the idea that this policy was illegal? Take a guess…