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Plumas County forms ad hoc committee to skirt open meeting law

donal brown September 23, 2010

The Plumas County Board of Supervisors formed an ad hoc committee to consider a Feather River College for a “temporary transfer” of funds not over $5 million. The supervisors want to expedite action on the request, and ad hoc committees do not have to give notice of meetings and post agendas in advance. -db Plumas County News September 22, 2010 By Joshua Sebold The Board of Supervisors approved the formation of an ad hoc committee

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Orange County: Judge rules no evidence of open meeting violations in high school boundaries case

donal brown September 23, 2010

Parents in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District lost a suit alleging that the district had violated the Brown Act, California’s open meeting law, in setting boundaries for a new high school. -db Orange County Register September 22, 2010 By Jessica Terrell YORBA LINDA – Frustrated parents suing the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District failed to provide sufficient evidence that the district violated any laws in the setting of Yorba Linda High School’s boundaries in

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Google launches tool showing governments’ attempts at censorship

donal brown September 21, 2010

Google is now showing the number of requests from governments for removing content from its search page, Gmail, YouTube and other services. -db CNET September 21, 2010 By Lance Whitney In the wake of Google’s censorship battles with China and other nations, the search giant has launched a new tool to reveal which governments are blocking its services or requesting information on its users. The company’s new Transparency Report breaks down the information into two

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Federal district judge upholds Minnesota law requiring corporate disclosure of election spending

donal brown September 21, 2010

A U.S. district judge ruled that a Minnesota law requiring corporations and other interests to report their spending on elections helped the public evaluate speakers and their messages and did not violate the First Amendment. -db Star Tribune September 20, 2010 By James Walsh Saying that voters have “an interest in knowing who is speaking about a candidate on the eve of an election,” a federal judge on Monday refused to strike down a Minnesota

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Federal appeals court rules Oregon laws to protect children could violate First Amendment

donal brown September 21, 2010

The 9th Circuit federal court of appeals ruled that two Oregon laws intended to keep hardcore pornography away from minors could violate the First Amendment and outlaw books like Judy Blume’s Forever and Margaret Atwood’s A Handmaid’s Tale. -db Publishers Weekly September 21, 2010 By Andrew Albanese The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week found two Oregon statutes ostensibly aimed at preventing the sexual abuse of children to be unconstitutional

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