Retiree scolds ESU over Sunshine law

Lyon County Prosecutor John Marcus Goodman reads an email from retiring Journalism Instructor Larry Bereman on Friday at the Lyon County Courthouse. Bereman was critical of Goodman's handling of the Faculty Senate's April 1 secret ballot.

Retiring journalism instructor Larry Bereman believes the Faculty Senate violated Kansas open meetings law when it voted by secret ballot April 1 and that the university and the county prosecutor have responded poorly since.

“I believe that President (Michael) Lane acted properly in requesting that they re-vote on the matter with open ballots,” Bereman said, “but he should have gone further and issued a statement saying that they had violated the law and that they should take measures to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

He was especially critical of Lyon County Attorney John Marcus Goodman, who he feels is “muddying” the issue by failing to respond clearly to the situation. Bereman recently sent a pair of bluntly-worded emails ...

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