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This really is not that difficult to video and stream live local government meetings, but Palm Beach Gardens is making it so. If Lake Worth can do it, I am sure Palm Beach Gardens can do it. I know that our current city manager was given a similar song and dance about the complexity and the cost of streaming video and answered that by going to Office Depot and getting a webcam. The rest came together easily. There seems to be a lot of "high drama" in PBG that isn't necessary. Click title for link.

The city council, bashed by challengers during election season for lack of transparency, voted unanimously Thursday night to have its meetings video-recorded and made available for viewing on its website the next day, but not to broadcast them live.

The board voted to accept the least expensive option presented by City Manager Ron Ferris, a video-on-demand system, which council member Marcie Tinsley referred to as “day-after service.”