Wayne Co., Ill. (ECWd) –The Illinois Attorney General issued an opinion stating that the Wayne County Housing Authority violated the Open Meetings Act (“OMA”) on August 20, 2025, when it prohibited Ms. Sue Ann Thomason and Ms. Cinnamon Willett from recording an open public meeting. The Authority’s Executive Director prohibited both women from recording the meeting. They also alleged that the Board’s refusal to permit recording of the meeting chilled them from providing public comment at the meeting due to concerns that their comments would be misrepresented. Accordingly, this office concludes that the Board violated section 2.05 of OMA.” We applaud these individuals for following through with a request for review of this OMA violation and recommend others do the same when their rights a violated in relation to Open Meetings and Public Records.