“Historic” private session with the Mayor and the Prescott Valley Town Council part of Wills’ plot to keep Verde residents in the dark
On March 26 Community College President Penelope Wills hosted a secret private meeting with Northern Arizona University and the Prescott Town Council at the Prescott Town library. She later claimed it was “historic.”
There was no media invited to the meeting. When the Blog learned through sources of the meeting, its videoreporter was denied permission to attend and videotape it.
Later that day Wills told the Prescott Town Council that the secret meeting that afternoon was “historic.” She said the NAU and Yavapai Community College held the meeting to discuss “new ventures, etcetera, stronger articulation and new programs coming to our area.”
Wills seemed to go out of her way to flatter the Prescott Valley Town Council. She said that she “appreciated their support. I can’t say enough about Prescott Valley.”
In making vague references to economic development in Prescott Valley, she said that she felt “professionally and personally very fortunate that you all get it.”
The Blog has learned from sources that the College is looking at bankrolling a nursing/science facility that will be part of a large education complex in the Town. Wills’ obviously wants to keep knowledge of this matter as far away from citizens in the Verde as she can. Thus, the refusal to allow the Blog to videotape the portion of the meeting where a quorum of the Prescott Town Council was present. Or, to invite any media to attend.
You may view the Wills’ speech to the Town Council by going to the Prescott Valley Town Council web site.