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Cook County prosecutors claim Innocence Project journalism students paid witness to make a case

donal brown November 12, 2009

Prosecutors looking into the conduct of student journalists investigating a murder conviction for Northwestern University’s Innocence Project say they  subpoenaed students’ grades, e-mail messages and records because they believed students paid a witness to achieve a result supporting innocence. -DB The New York Times November 10, 2009 By Emma Graves Fitzsimmons CHICAGO — Prosecutors on Tuesday accused former journalism students at Northwestern University of paying a witness to record a video statement to help them

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Scramento City College student president reinstated after Brown Act violation in recall election

donal brown November 12, 2009

Associated Student Government President Steve Macias was back in office when backers of the nullified recall violated the Brown Act by not posting the time and location of a meeting to organize the recall election. Macias was the target of the recall for refusing administration orders to ask a pro-life group to leave campus during Constitution Day events. -DB Sac City Express.com November 9, 2009 By Stephanie Rodriguez Associated Student Government President Steve Macias has been

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Redding newspaper sues fire district for records on investigation of ex-fire chief

donal brown November 12, 2009

The Redding Record Searchlight has asked the county superior court to release documents on alleged mismanagement and misconduct by an ex-fire chief. The chief resigned last July. -DB Redding Record Searchlight November 10, 2009 By Jim Schultz The Record Searchlight on Monday sued the Anderson Fire Protection District to obtain an investigator’s report on the conduct of its former fire chief. Redding attorney Walter McNeill filed the lawsuit in Shasta County Superior Court on behalf

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Orange County columnist calls for more openness by public Fair Board members

donal brown November 12, 2009

Six public Fair Board members are said to be forming a private nonprofit to buy the Fairgrounds. Orange County Register columnist Frank Mickadeit says that the six board members want closed meetings to discuss the issue, a move that he says would make the public even move suspicious of the private nonprofit. -DB The Orange County Register Opinion November 11, 2009 By Frank Mickadeit There’s been a not-so-unspoken conspiracy theory that six public Fair Board members

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California: Private water board dinners now open to public

donal brown November 12, 2009

The Castaic Lake Water Agency has invited the public to its dinners before board meetings. Despite assurances that no water business was on the table, the dinners could lead to violations of the Brown Act, the state’s open government law. -DB The Signal Santa Clarita Valley November 12, 2009 By Brian Charles For years, Castaic Lake Water Agency board members have had private dinners together before their public board meetings. Until two weeks ago, those dinners

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