April 20, 2016
Councilmember Mike Best (right) conducts the invocation at the April 12 meeting. Under the new rules council adopted later that meeting, it will be the last public invocation Chino Valley Town Council does.
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Lawyer: Town's new invocation policy might be illegal
Plan may violate open meetings law
The Chino Valley Town Council wanted to craft an invocation policy that was respectful of its diverse residents, while continuing to pray the way they wanted, avoid possible lawsuits and also keep unwanted groups or unqualified people from turning the invocation into a "circus."
By Ken Sain
April 20, 2016