Melissa Hale-Spencer reports in the Altamont Enterprise that four board members in the Albany County town of Knox held a private meeting May 8, "advised by town attorney John Dorfman," without Town Superintendent Vasilios Lefkaditis or the public. Robert Freeman, director of the state’s Committee on Open Government, said that the meeting is a violation of the State’s Open Meetings Law. Why hold a secret, illegal meeting? “We wanted to sort out information we were considering with health insurance, coming after the misinformation we got about the workers’ compensation policy at the March meeting,” said Amy Pokorny, Knox’s deputy superintendent. So there's some sort of dispute between the board and the supervisor in Knox that could not wait two more days for the regular, public town board meeting May 10? “We were having trouble communicating with him," Pokorny said about Lefkaditis. "It’s difficult because he flies into rages sometimes. We were trying to understand what this is about. It’s hard to have a reasonable and temperate conversation…. The meeting was helpful to us. We were able to sort through and prepare for the public meeting. It was like committee work.” Read the full story in The Altamont Enterprise.