From NJ.com:
NORTH BERGEN, NJ. — A Hudson County Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit [“for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted"] in which a critic of Mayor Nicholas Sacco and his administration argued that a $42,000-plus estimated bill to obtain copies of public documents was “excessive.”
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From Idaho Press-Tribune:
Documents released Monday by the Idaho Public Charter School Commission reveal conflict during the past school year among parents, staff and the board of Heritage Community Charter School in Caldwell.
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From Orlando Sentinel:
A political activist who's repeatedly asked Sanford to produce public records in the Trayvon Martin shooting – especially police-made videos – on Wednesday sued the city, accusing it of willfully violating the state's public records act.
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From Tracy Warner, editorial page editor, The Journal Gazette:
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From Journal Sentinel Online:
Who should bear the cost of censoring Milwaukee police reports requested by the media under Wisconsin's public records law?
Lawyers for the city and the Journal Sentinel argued both sides of that question Tuesday before the state Supreme Court, whose decision on the matter could have a significant impact on government accountability reporting.
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A few open government and FOIA news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier:
Washington State Supreme Court rules accident reports are public record
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From TNReport
Local school board members can attend meetings digitally, so long as there is a physical quorum, under a plan that has passed both chambers of the Legislature.
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From KUOW.org:
"Trust and confidence in governmental institutions is at an all–time low. High on the list of causes of this citizen distrust are secrecy in government and the influence of private money on governmental decision making."
It sounds like it could have been written by Occupy Seattle protesters. Or maybe by the tea party. But the statement actually accompanied a ballot measure that Washington voters passed back in 1972.
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From SantaFeNewMexican.com:
For the better part of the past year, city officials resisted The New Mexican's attempts to bring to the public eye documents pertaining to alleged embezzlement of public funds from the Parking Division.
The newspaper repeatedly requested the documents under the provisions of the state's Inspection of Public Records Act.
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