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San Juan Captistrano claim of innocence on open meeting violations comes into question

donal brown April 13, 2010

The San Juan Capistrano city attorney says that the city got a clean bill from the DA on Brown Act violations, but correspendence between the city attorney and the DA’s office indicates otherwise. -db Voice of OC April 13, 2010 By Adam Elmahrek San Juan Capistrano City Attorney Omar Sandoval says his city was found not to have violated the Brown Act, but correspondence revealed last week between Sandoval and Senior Assistant District Attorney William Feccia

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Santa Ana mayor pro tem accused of violating Califrornia’s open meetings law

donal brown April 13, 2010

A writer for TheLiberalOC.com criticizes the Santa Ana mayor pro tem for not affording all citizens equal treatment during the public comment segment of the council meetings. -db TheLiberalOC.com Opinion April 13, 2010 By Chris Prevatt At the April 5, 2010 meeting of the Santa Ana City Council, Mayor Miguel Pulido missed the meeting. The gavel fell into the hands of Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez. Not only did Alvarez fail to follow the Brown

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Tulare County: Newspaper and association join in lawsuit to stop county supervisors’ lunch meetings

donal brown April 13, 2010

To ensure that the Tulare County Board of Supervisors complies with California’s open meeting law, the local newspaper and the California Newspaper Pulbishers Association are joining a lawsuit to block the board from holding regular closed lunch meetings paid by the taxpayers and often attended by a board quorum. -db Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register April 12, 2010 By Valerie Gibbons The Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register and the California Newspaper Publishers Association have joined open-meetings watchdog Richard McKee

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Open government advocates find much to like in latest federal plans for transparency

donal brown April 12, 2010

The Obama administration plans for implementing their Open Government Directive has received much praise with the reservation that some federal agencies seem more committed to transparency than others. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press April 9, 2010 By Miranda Fleschert Federal agencies unveiled open government plans this week as required by the Obama administration’s Open Government Directive. Though the assessments made by open-government advocates have been largely positive, some agencies’ plans display

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Going online can save college publications

donal brown April 12, 2010

A journalism professor argues that going online can enable a college publication to survive financial challenges and in the process save valuable student time and allow for greater involvement of the college community. -db MediaShift Commentary April 12, 2010 By Dan Reimold In an old episode of “The West Wing,” a leader of an AIDS-stricken African nation tells the president plainly, “It’s a terrible thing to beg for your life.” The quote comes to mind

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