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West Covina High School drops plan to replace newspaper adviser

donal brown September 9, 2010

After student journalism student protests and a board vote of 3-2 to ask the principal to reconsider his position, the principal reinstated the adviser of the school newspaper, the Newsbytes. Students felt the move to oust the adviser came after Newsbytes published controversial comments by the district superintendent. -db Student Press Law Center September 9, 2010 By Chelsea Keenan SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — The newspaper adviser at West Covina High School will keep his job after

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San Joaquin Delta trustees vote down penalty for serial meeting infraction

donal brown September 9, 2010

The San Joaquin Delta College Board of Trustees decided a grand jury’s finding that three of its members held a serial meeting to dismiss the former college district president was not detailed enough to warrant censuring the three. -db RecordNet.com September 9, 2010 By Alex Breitler STOCKTON – The San Joaquin Delta College Board of Trustees declined to censure three of its members for an alleged serial meeting to oust former President Raul Rodriguez. In

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Group pinpoints lapses in Obama open government practices

donal brown September 7, 2010

OpenTheGovernment.org says the Obama administration has made some progress in its quest towards becoming the most open government in history but is tarnishing that effort by spending billions on creating and securing classified material. -db NextGov September 9, 2010 By Aliya Sternstein An annual report card on secrecy in the federal government indicates the Obama administration has taken promising steps toward becoming the most open White House ever, while still criticizing the new president for

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Tulare County Supervisors seek legal expenses in open government suit

donal brown September 7, 2010

After a superior court judge ruled that open meeting activist and newspaper interests overreached in suing the Tulare County Board of Supervisors, the supervisors stuck back with a countersuit seeking court costs. The supervisors had been conducting taxpayer financed lunch meetings without public participation. -db The Porterville Reporter September 7, 2010 By Jenna Chandler The Tulare County Board of Supervisors wants to recoup $32,270 it says was “wasted” fighting a petition alleging its members violated

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Law scholars suggest new rules for corporate spending on politics

donal brown September 7, 2010

In a paper in the upcoming edition of the Harvard Law Review, two law school scholars suggest that the freedom granted by the recent Supreme Court decision should carry with it new responsibilities to align their spending on political campaigns with the interests of their stockholders. -db Social Science Research Network September 1, 2010 By Lucian A. Bebchuk and Robert J. Jackson Jr. Abstract: As long as corporations have the freedom to engage in political

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