Council to Discuss Changing Its Meeting Night to Tuesday

The Malibu City Council is going to consider changing its meeting day to Tuesday night instead of the current Monday night schedule.
Councilmember Sharon Barovsky said at this week’s council meeting that she wants the matter explored at a future session, and political insiders opine that usually means she is lining up support or applying political pressure in favor of the change.
Barovsky said she did not think the change would pose a problem since the planning commission changed its meeting day to Tuesday in order to accommodate panelist Joan House, a former council member, when she was tapped to take a seat on the commission.
Unconfirmed rumors abound that House is considering another city council run and observers express concern that insider politics and council candidacies might override the problems a change of day would create for Malibu media deadlines.
City council meetings right after incorporation were held on Tuesdays, but the local press urged the Monday change in the interest of timely news coverage and enhanced public participation.
The current council is perceived by some critics as disdainful of media coverage of its actions and preferring to work with special interest groups over the public.