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A&A: How can copy fees vary from agency to agency?

FAC September 4, 2011

Q: I submitted a bid to be the janitorial service provider for the county court house.  After the bid was over I asked for the bid results, evaluation results and winning bidders proposal. I received a letter back stating that I had to pay $0.50 per page when I normally pay $0.10 per copy from government agencies. Is this correct? Also, why do most agencies just email it to us at no cost and some

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A&A:I couldn’t video tape my own arrest, but a reality show was allowed

FAC September 4, 2011

Q: Fish & Game “wardens” recently arrested me near a remote campground where I had been sitting in my car trying to sleep. My blood alcohol level was .11 and I was charged with a DUI. During the arrest, a reality TV show camera crew tagging along with the wardens filmed the whole event–including that the wardens were harassing a woman wearing only a see-through nightgown who was alone at night in a remote area.

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Raymond Pryke donates $125,000 to FAC legal initiatives

FAC September 1, 2011

The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce that it has received major gifts from veteran newspaper owner and publisher Raymond Pryke. The contributions totaling $125,000 will fund FAC’s litigation project, Hotline service and other legal initiatives. “Raymond Pryke’s generosity is a huge boost to free speech and the public’s right to know,” said Peter Scheer, FAC’s executive director. “Raymond is uniquely committed to defending these rights, and we are extremely grateful to him.” Pryke

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Expect slow progress on cameras in California courtrooms

FAC August 29, 2011

The chief justice of the California Supreme Court says she would like to increase use of cameras in courtrooms but wants to listen more fully to trial judges who have expressed strong reservations. Judges now can determine whether cameras are allowed in court. A proposal by a committee of the state Judicial Council would have required judges to offer specific reasons to exclude cameras and would have provided news media the right to appeal rejections

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Texas Gov. Perry’s penchant for privacy

FAC August 28, 2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, whose campaign for president has faulted Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for purported failure to open the workings of the Fed to public view, has “adopted policies that shroud his own office in a purposeful opaqueness that confounds prying reporters – or any member of the public questioning his policies,” the Houston Chronicle reports. Perry’s approach contrasts with another former Texas governor, George W. Bush, who revealed voluminous records of his

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