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Public agency pensions: Editorial reaffirms public’s right-to-know

donal brown July 27, 2010

An editorial in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat calls for the Sonoma County employee association to release information on pensioners receiving over $100,000 a year. In a recent case in Sacramento County, a judge ruled that under California’s Brown Act Sacramento County could not keep pension information from the public. -db Pubilc agency pensions: Editorial reaffirms public’s right-to-know Santa Rosa Press Democrat Editorial July 23, 2010 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100723/OPINION/100729808/1043/opinion?Title=PD-Editorial-Right-to-know “The people of this state do not yield

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Free speech: Yellowstone sheriff deputies win judgment

donal brown July 26, 2010

A federal jury agreed with three Yellowstone County sheriff’s officers that they were discriminated against after their superiors retaliated against them for filing human rights complaints and grievances.-db Free speech: Yellowstone sheriff deputies win judgment http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_1257f8c0-9683-11df-9fb4-001cc4c03286.html Billings Gazette July 23, 2010 By Matt Hagengruber A federal jury awarded nearly $1 million in damages to three Yellowstone County sheriff’s officers after finding that their commanders discriminated against them and retaliated against them when they complained. In

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County withdraws search warrant used to search house of Gizmodo editor

donal brown July 26, 2010

In a dispute over the iPhone prototype, law enforcement has withdrawn a search warrant and Gizmodo has agreed to provide specific information over how they obtained the prototype without Apple’s permission. -db County withdraws search warrant used to search house of Gizmodo editor http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11495 Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press July 22, 2010 By Cristina Abello California county officials last week withdrew a search warrant that was executed months earlier when government-authorized agents from

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Free speech: Parodies of Hitler film clip run into copyright restrictions

donal brown July 26, 2010

The movie studio that made a 2004 film showing Adolf Hitler in a rage over the impending defeat of Nazi Germany is struggling to defend its copyright as parodies based on Hitler’s rage sprout on the Internet. db Free speech: Parodies of Hitler film clip run into copyright restrictions San Francisco Chronicle July 23, 2010 By Benny Evangelista In a dramatic scene from the 2004 European film “Downfall,” Adolf Hitler flies into a tirade as

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Tulare supervisors admit open meeting law violations in holding lunch meetings

donal brown July 26, 2010

In a court filing, the Tulare County supervisors admitted violating California’s open meetings law in holding regular lunch meetings they had earlier claimed were only to bolster their esprit de corp. Tulare supervisors admit open meeting law violations in  holding lunch meetings http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20100721/NEWS01/7210323/Court-filing-Tulare-County-Board-of-Supervisors-admitted-violations-to-open-meetings-law Visalia Times-Deta July 21, 2010 By Valerie Gibbons A new court filing argues that Tulare County supervisors admitted violating state open-meeting laws when they certified that lunch meetings represented a business expense.

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