January 22, 2011 8:46 PM
HESPERIA • From the audience at a Hesperia City Council meeting, it’s impossible to tell what council members are doing during meetings. They could be voting using city hall’s electronic voting system. They could be reading notes related to the issue at hand. Or they could be playing Angry Birds on their smartphone.
That may be about to change, however, if a proposal to ban the use of cellular telephones and portable computers during meetings is approved.
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Hesperia City Council, the proposed change to council policy led to heated debate and rhetoric from both sides of the issue.
