Even in a pandemic, we deserve to have public business discussed in public, and we deserve to know what’s going on around here.

But that’s getting harder and harder to do as this situation drags on.

For example, last Thursday we listened in on a meeting where restaurant owners invited a county commissioner to participate in discussions about how and when to reopen for in-person dining service. Commissioner John Peters participated in the meeting initially, and then later on, Commissioner Ben T...