Edmonton's longest serving councillor pushes back on private debates

City council is getting too comfortable holding private debates and forgetting to publicly explain itself, Edmonton’s longest serving councillor warned Tuesday. 
Coun. Bryan Anderson spoke out at council, just before his colleagues voted to go in private again for a list of eight different items.
Debating items in private is often justified, said Anderson. But when they come back in public to vote, council needs to explain itself.
“The problem is that .. we can have a fulsome di