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A&A: Mayor up for reelection wants to stifle public comment on candidates

FAC August 30, 2010

Q: The mayor who is running for reelection is currently advancing a policy revision to stifle the public comments during City Council meetings of anyone who is speaking to a ballot initiative or on a candidate. Recently the mayor discussed the changes she’s proposing in an interview with a local newspaper and mentioned email communication with the city attorney aimed at creating a city policy that disallows speakers on non agenda items from topics of

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A&A: School Board Trustees meeting with union reps in violation of Brown Act

FAC August 29, 2010

Q: It’s come to my attention that three of the five members on the School Board meet privately with representatives of the teacher’s union to discuss items on the agenda for the upcoming board meeting. There are no public notices for these meetings. My feeling is that the board members will find a way around the Brown Act if I bring this subject up at the next board meeting, thereby negating any positive effect for

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A&A: We’ve requested items added to agenda and been denied. Can they do that?

FAC August 28, 2010

Q: Several property owners within a Community Services District have been denied items to be placed on the agenda for consideration. Can they continue to do this ? A: The Brown Act itself does not mandate procedures for placing items on an agenda (though it does say that “a member of a legislative body, or the body itself, subject to rules or procedures of the legislative body, may … take action to direct staff to

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Judge to EPA: Stop destroying records Union Pacific wants

FAC August 27, 2010

A federal judge ordered the Environmental Protection Agency yesterday to stop destroying records Union Pacific requested about lead contamination in Omaha. An expert was appointed to make sure the agency complies. August 27, 2010 By The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. —The judge’s order resolved several issues the railroad and EPA couldn’t agree on when discussing the rules to protect records while Union Pacific’s lawsuit progresses. The Omaha-based railroad sued in June after obtaining e-mails in

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Judge refuses to stop Missouri law on sexual businesses

FAC August 27, 2010

Missouri’s wide-ranging limitations on sexual businesses will take effect Saturday after a state judge on Friday denied a request from a coalition of sexual store owners and erotic dancers to temporarily block the new law. The Associated Press August 27, 2010 By David E. Lieb JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The nudity must stop at Missouri strip clubs. So must the lap dances and booze. And all sexually oriented businesses must abide by a midnight closing

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