B - all of the council members signed the letter without reading or discussion, had no input, and simply did what they were told.
Who proposed sending a letter? Who wrote it? Who made corrections or deletions or additions? Who communicated with each council member to come and sign the letter? Where and when was each signature obtained on the original letter?
These are critical questions that must be answered. Only with those details can we ascertain Option A or B laid out above.
So two options:
A - they violated TOMA
B - all of the council members signed the letter without reading or discussion, had no input, and simply did what they were told.
Who proposed sending a letter? Who wrote it? Who made corrections or deletions or additions? Who communicated with each council member to come and sign the letter? Where and when was each signature obtained on the original letter?
These are critical questions that must be answered. Only with those details can we ascertain Option A or B laid out above.
Neither of those options is a good choice!
Grill them under scrutiny 🥵