It took a little checking around, but it seems the Polk legislative delegation has canceled Wednesday’s public meeting to hear from the public about the issues they feel legislators should address in the 2018 session.
If this is the first you’ve heard about it don’t be surprised.
The email blast that went out last Thursday announcing the cancellation was addressed primarily to local government and business interests.
Groups, such as Ancient Islands Sierra, which had formally sent an email asking to be on the agenda, were not included in the notice.
That makes one wonder just who the Polk delegation feels they are actually representing.
According to the email, the meeting will be rescheduled, but the date has not been determined as, apparently, has the method of informing the general public so it can participate in the process.
Part of the problem was that the venue the delegation had chosen, a meeting room at the Polk County Extension Office rather than the Polk County Commission chambers, had been affected by power and Internet outages in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
That site had seemed convenient before the storm because part of the legislators’ gathering had included an appreciation luncheon with the Polk County Farm Bureau, which is located nearby.