>Citing the need to avoid overcrowding because of fire code regulations, Village Council members directed police and fire personnel to deny selected representatives of local print media organizations access to the Sydney V. Stoldt, Jr. Courtroom during last night’s Village Council meeting.
One (1) reporter and one (1) photographer from The Ridgewood News who arrived prior to 6:30 PM were the only media representatives allowed into the courtroom to watch the proceedings “live and in person.”
Other reporters from The Record, Villadom Times, and The Ridgewood News were instead directed to view the session’s progress on closed circuit television monitors located in first floor meeting rooms at Village Hall.
The Fly wonders why the media was locked out when any Village Hall employees who wanted to wander in and out of the courtroom during the meeting were permitted to do so without regard to the supposed “room occupancy limit.”
Nice way to keep the media on your side ladies and gentlemen. Why didn’t you just suck it up and let the press in and keep the non-essential Village Hall employees out?