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Adelanto: School board member alleges Brown Act violation

donal brown June 15, 2010

A member of the Adelanto School District board claims that the superintendent and board president committed the district to the second round of the Race to the Top program without public discussion. -db Victor Valley Daily Press June 14, 2010 By Natasha Lindstrom ADELANTO, Calif. – A member of the Adelanto School District Board of Trustees is accusing top district officials of violating the state’s open meeting law by holding a “secret phone vote” over

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California court rules suit over attorney’s rule violation a SLAPP

donal brown June 14, 2010

A California appeals court ruled that even though an attorney erred in failing to omit identifiers in a court filing of a credit report, the filing was not of a certain type of criminal activity cited in a previous case and therefore was protected activity. -db Metropolitan News-Enterprise June 11, 2010 By Steven M. Ellis An action against a Beverly Hills attorney who admittedly violated a court rule by filing an unredacted copy of a

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Southern California: Private Catholic high school blocks access to coach’s punishment

donal brown June 14, 2010

A Catholic high school refuses to release the details of a football coach’s punishment for a recruiting violation claiming  the school is private and not subject to the California Public Records Act. -db Los Angeles Times Opinion June 13, 2010 By Eric Sondheimer Transparency and openness are virtues that parents and students expect from their high school sports programs, but Santa Margarita and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange apparently haven’t gotten the message. They

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FEC agrees Citizens United is media so doesn’t have to disclose donors

donal brown June 14, 2010

The Federal Elections Commission ruled that the conservative Citizens United was a media organization and as such did not have to disclose the donors behind their documentaries. -db The Washington Post June 9, 2010 By Carol D. Leonnig The conservative political group Citizens United has won a ruling from federal election authorities that it does not need to disclose the donors that finance its political documentaries. Citizens United successfully argued to the Federal Elections Commission

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Lodi: School district interviews said to violate district’s own open meeting bylaw

donal brown June 14, 2010

The Lodi Unified School District trustees held closed-door interviews for board openings and selected two finalists. The only problem was that in doing so they violated a long standing bylaw to hold the interviews in a public meeting. -db Lodi News-Sentinel June 11, 2010 By Jennifer Bonnett Three Lodi Unified School District trustees finished closed-door interviews of applicants for the board Thursday and named two finalists, Jack Bray and John Carvana. The two finalists will

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