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Pomona school board admits open meeting violation, plans remediation

donal brown October 11, 2010

The board of the Pomona Unified School District said they erred in discussing a parcel tax proposal in a closed session which led to the proposal being placed on the November ballot. -db Contra Costa Times October 9, 2010 By Monica Rodriguez POMONA, Calif. – A dispute over the Pomona Unified School District board’s alleged failure to comply with the state’s open meeting law appears to have come to an end. Board members last week

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Long Beach man sues supervisors for allegedly making spending decisions in private

donal brown October 11, 2010

A concerned citizen is suing the Long Beach County Board of Supervisors for allegedly spending money on charities, parties, and the like to curry favor with their constituents, using the $3.4 million in discretionary funds controlled by each supervisor and not subject to public scrutiny. -db Los Angeles Daily News October 10, 2010 By Troy Anderson Claiming they are throwing lavish parties and wasting money during tough times, a Long Beach resident is suing the

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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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