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California: Santa Rosa County supervisors reject plea for public comments

donal brown February 7, 2011

Sonoma County supervisors  have rejected a request by opponent of an asphalt plant to reconsider their decision to not allow public comment during the final vote on the Petaluma project last year. The opponents said not allowing public comment violated the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law. The county said no comment was required since the supervisors held a long hearing on the project in October that allowed for extensive public comment. -db From

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California: Oxnard public agency charged with violating open meeting law

donal brown February 7, 2011

The Ventura County District Attorney has concluded that the Economic Development Corporation (EDOC) of Oxnard violated the state open meeting law, the Brown Act, when it canceled a special meeting then reconvened it 20 minutes later. The DA’s office issued an order that the violation be corrected by rescheduling the meeting and revoting on the meeting’s item. The president of the EDCO agreed with the DA that the violation was unintentional and has scheduled a

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U.S. protests beatings and arrests of journalists covering protests in Egypt

donal brown February 3, 2011

With reports that Mubarak supporters had beaten a number of journalists and that two dozen reporters had been arrested including two Americans, the White House issued a statement that the actions were “completely and totally unacceptable.” A report by Erika Niedowski in The Hill quoted Reporters without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard on Wednesday: “We remind all parties that journalists are external observers who under no circumstances should be identified with one side or the other,”

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‘Girls Gone Wild’ suit allowed to proceed anonymously

donal brown February 3, 2011

The federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled that plaintiffs could remain anonymous in suing video creator Joe Francis for filming them while they were underage engaging in nudity and sexual acts. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press February 2, 2011 By Derek Green Several women suing the creator of the “Girls Gone Wild” video series will be allowed to proceed anonymously in the case, after a panel of the U.S. Court of

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Man charged with espionage uses First Amendment defense

donal brown February 3, 2011

A former foreign policy analyst under indictment for espionage filed motions to dismiss the charges arguing that the charges violate his First Amendment right to talk with the press. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press February 2, 2011 By Kacey Deame A defendant charged with espionage for allegedly leaking “national defense information” to a news reporter has moved to have his case dismissed on First Amendment and other grounds. Stephen Kim, a

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