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A city ruling of this nature will be far more reaching then just the executive sessions of the city council.
If you are not recognized as part of the new ?media?, then when you pose any type of question to any city individual, they do not have to give any response.
This question must be addressed in the most simplistic terms.
To get to the root of this we need to determine what the legislative intent was and what is the definition of the word ?report?.
When those two questions are answered, you will find that the proposed council rule is illegal.
A precedent for bloggers was set during the 2004 national election. They were recognized as reporters who use a different type of media to reach their readers / audience.

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