The High Point Market Authority may have violated the state’s Open Meetings Law when it went into closed session to discuss changing market dates, the High Point Enterprise reports.
The board discussed the change in a session closed to the public and media. Authority President Brian Casey said Thursday that the group met in private to protect trade secrets….
Casey said that market research done for the authority was in-depth and “becomes a strategic business item for us.”
The closed session was held to preserve the confidentiality of information that could benefit competitors of the High Point Market, Casey said.
“We are trying to protect our strategic business interests,” Casey said. “We are typically open on many of the things we are doing. But when it comes to our playbook, we need to be careful in terms of releasing certain information.”
Somehow I don’t picture Las Vegas keeping real close tabs on High Point’s market strategy. No reason not to keep an eye on the market authority, though, considering the fact that its latest “playbook” would be printed with considerable help from taxpayers.
