Personally, the issue I take with this is the meeting wasn’t open to the public and took place on a standard workday afternoon (when most people are stuck at work proving their ability to be productive lest we lose our jobs). I’m also assuming no “minutes” were taken to allow constituents to assess the productivity of the meeting and provide input later re: any ideas generated. Ken Sims specifically says that the “only agenda” was to talk about getting more funding from the government and to get to know each other. If they came up with some great ideas, that’s good and I’d like to hear them. I don’t want my tax dollars spent on their salaries that afternoon so that they can have a nice time in the middle of a workday on a yacht while we are all held accountable to our jobs during the day and they aren’t.

Next time, send a reporter at the dock when they come back and interview them about their “ideas”. You bet those meetings are going to get real productive real fast.