Stop fighting open-meeting lawsuits you're going to to lose anyway. Kevin McCrea, one of the plaintiffs in the latest open-meeting lawsuit, which the city, yes, basically lost, discusses the case and the $50,000 to $100,000 the city has had to spend on it so far:

... Of course, they have rejected all of our olive branches to stop the litigation and try and craft a progressive, country leading open meeting policy that would really include the public.

And they wonder why only 11 percent or so voted in the election.