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October 2010

Freedom of information: Reporter receives records several years after environmental disaster

donal brown October 9, 2010

It took the Department of Labor almost a decade to grant a request for an investigative report on the Martin County Coal Corp. spill in 2000. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press October 7, 2010 By Rosemary Lane The editor of a mining industry newsletter received additional government records Monday regarding the investigation into one of the worst environmental accidents in southeastern U.S. history after seven years of appealing the government’s decisions

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New York: Yonkers mayor sues for defamation over alleged visit to strip club

donal brown October 9, 2010

The Yonkers mayor claims he never visited a strip club or received a lap dance from “Sassy.” He is suing the strip-club owner, also the publisher of the Westchester Guardian, a weekly newspaper that printed the allegations. -db The Journal News October 8, 2010 By Timothy O-Connor A stripper named Sassy sits at the center of a lawsuit that pits strip-club owner Sam Zherka against the mayor of Yonkers. Zherka’s newspaper, The Westchester Guardian, published

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Santa Ana: Closed sessions before council meetings thwart public access

donal brown October 9, 2010

Santa Ana residents are finding it difficult to address the city council on matters of concern since the council always starts their meetings in closed session with no set time for resurfacing for the public session. -db Voice of OC October 7, 2010 By Norberto Santana, Jr. Santa Ana resident Mike Tardiff has a couple simple requests for the members of his City Council. He would like them to start their regular meetings in public,

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Supreme Court justices lean toward limiting free speech for personal, hurtful attacks

donal brown October 7, 2010

Two U.S. Supreme Court justices, both strong advocates for the First Amendment, said during a hearing of a case about protests at a Marine’s funeral that they thought people could be sued for outrageous personal attacks leading to speculation that the Court will establish a new limit to free speech. -db The Los Angeles Times Analysis October 6, 2010 By David G. Savage WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court justices, hearing arguments Wednesday in a

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New federal law ends information exemptions for SEC

donal brown October 7, 2010

President Barack Obma signed a law ending the Freedom of Information Act exemption for a range of Securities and Exchange Commission investigations and actions. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press October 6, 2010 By Christine Beckett U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law Monday a bill revoking a Freedom of Information Act exemption for a broad range of Securities and Exchange Commission investigations and regulatory acts contained in the recently-passed Dodd-Frank Financial

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