Secret meetings of public committees on development just fine with the BRA

The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports on how the BRA is encouraging Citizen Advisory Committees set up to review local development projects to bar non-members, such as reporters:

The BRA insists that the Open Meeting Law does not apply to these advisory groups. The BRA prefers public meetings, it says, but claims it does not control the groups, which are free to discuss issues without public scrutiny.