A local board of health on Cape Cod violated the state's Open Meeting Law when it discussed a proposed needle-exchange program for drug users without letting the public know about it first, the Massachusetts Attorney General's office has ruled.
"The meeting notice did not sufficiently alert members of the public that the Board would be discussing and approving a syringe access program — a topic that, no doubt, was the subject of immense public interest," a lawyer on the Attorney General's staff wrote, according to The Cape Cod Times.
Speakers deemed "controversial" by the dean of students' office will have to have a moderator at the event in order to give a talk at Harvard College under a new policy for extracurricular organizations.
The moderator is to be taken from among staff or faculty.
