Observers serve as eyes, ears at gov't meetings

While most public government meetings don’t usually draw a big crowd of spectators, there is a group of people who shoulder the responsibility of keeping government open, sitting through meetings as possibly the only representative of the citizenry and reporting back on the happenings of the elected officials in Whitman County and Pullman.

These people are the Observers Corps of the League of Women Voters.

“The League is all about open government,” said Judy Stone, the League of Women Voters of Pullman Observer Corps manager. “An Observer is the eyes and ears of the league.”

Observers are volu...