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Grassroots effort to pass law to close loophole in Oregon’s Public Meetings Law

donal brown May 10, 2010

A Democratic Party leader from Astoria, Oregon contends that county commissioners convened serial private meetings conducted in pairs to avoid the three-person quorum, undermining the state’s open meetings law. -db The Daily Astorian Letter to Editor May 7, 2010 By Larry Taylor Clatsop County Democrats voted to seek passage of legislation in Oregon to end the circumvention of the state’s Public Meetings Law. The public’s tolerance for this practice has ended. Clatsop County Commissioners have

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Attorney argues tattooing protected by First Amendment

donal brown May 10, 2010

An attorney for a client contesting Hermosa Beach’s law banning tattoo parlors argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that that tattooing should be protected under the First Amendment as are other expressive art form such as painting, dance or music.  -db Metropolitan News-Enterprise May 10, 2010 By Kenneth Ofgang An ordinance banning tattoo parlors is unconstitutional, an attorney whose client wants to open one in Hermosa Beach told the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court

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Free speech: High school admiistrator sends students home for wearing American flag

donal brown May 7, 2010

When some Live Oak High School students wore flags on their clothing during Cinco de Mayo day to show their patriotism and their support of legal immigration, an assistant principal feared violence and asked the boys to wear the clothes inside out or leave campus. To mark the Mexican holiday, many Latino students were wearing the Mexican flag colors of red, white and green. -db San Jose Mercury News May 7, 2010 By Lisa Fernandez

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Judge defers on media request to unseal search warrant affidavit in flap over iPhone

donal brown May 7, 2010

A San Mateo County judge declined to decide a request by news organizations to unseal a search warrant affidavit to learn the justification for a police search of a Gizmodo eitor’s home for records about how he obtained an iPhone prototype. Judge indicates case should be heard by judge who OK’s warrant-db CNET News May 6, 2010 By Declan McCullagh REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–A San Mateo County judge on Thursday refused to consider a request by

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Environmental Protection Agency puts critical information online

donal brown May 6, 2010

In keeping with the Obama open government initiative, the EPA is providing new online tools to provide information about enforcement action against polluters, health risks from toxic chemicals and environmental disasters including the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -db OMB Watch May 4, 2010 Several new online tools developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are now available to provide the public with a variety of environmental information collected by the

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