Originally Posted by
Dovster
... should not reverse their votes lightly.
Well said.
In the early 20th century, the board of one of the municipal electric companies in Hawai`i elected a new president to take office at the close of the meeting. During the lunch break, the current president quietly rounded up enough board members to make a quorum; they had a lunchtime meeting and that session of the board meeting held the election again and re-elected the current president. The respect of many was lost, even though at the time there were no laws or board rules to forbid what they did.
Stare decisis tends to be a good rule in both law and life, absent
compelling reasons not abide by the rule.
I have the greatest respect for many TalkBoard members and would hate to see them put themselves in a position where a mere few weeks later they overturn a prior decision for no
compelling reason.