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Stanislaus retirement board denies requests for pension amounts

donal brown August 11, 2009

The Stanislaus County Employees’ Retirement Association has denied a request under the California Public Records Act for the names of retirees with annual pensions over $100,000. -DB The Modesto Bee August 10, 2009 By Ken Carlson The Stanislaus County Employees’ Retirement Association has refused to release records about public service employees receiving the most lucrative pensions. The retirement board, in a July 31 letter, denied The Bee’s Freedom of Information Act request for the names of

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Riverside: Avocacy group for day laborers sues for police records

donal brown August 11, 2009

The National Day Laborer Organizing Network sued the Riverside Police Department to secure complete arrest records for undocumented immigrants. -DB The Press-Enterprise August 4, 2009 By Sonja Bjelland PDF: Writ of mandate filed by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network A day laborer group has sued the Riverside Police Department for records about the agency’s arrests of undocumented immigrants. The National Day Laborer Organizing Network first requested the documents in May and did not receive all

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Imperial Beach: Deputy D.A. says no criminal intent to violate Brown Act

donal brown August 11, 2009

The San Diego County district attorney’s office says that the Imperial Beach City Council committed a civil violation of the Brown Act in failing to list on the agenda an appointment to a vacant seat on the council, but that failure was not criminal. –DB San Diego Weekly Reader August 11, 2009 By Dorian Hargrove According to the San Diego County district attorney’s office, the Imperial Beach City Council’s appointment of former mayor Diane Rose to

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Court denies access to wiretaps of ex-Governor Spitzer

donal brown August 11, 2009

A federal appeals court ruled that prosecutors may withhold records of wiretaps about the beginnings of the investigation into a prostitution ring that resulted in the resignation of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. -DB The New York Times August 8, 2009 By Benjamin Weiser Prosecutors do not have to release secret court records relating to wiretaps that might have offered more details about how the investigation of the prostitution ring that ensnared former Gov. Eliot Spitzer

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Obama appeals to Supreme Court to overturn order to release torture photos

donal brown August 11, 2009

The Obama administration has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling for the release of photos of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. -DB Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press August 10, 2009 By Corinna Zarek The Obama administration formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to overturn a lower court decision requiring the relase of the controversial “torture photos” — images depicting abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. Last

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