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South coast: Solvang looks for way to avoid open meeting law

donal brown April 29, 2010

The Solvang City Council doesn’t want to burden citizens with the paperwork required if the economic-development committee is governed by the Brown Act, California’s open meeting law, so is considering forming the committee with only two council members. -db Santa Ynez Valley News April 28, 2010 By Dave Bemis The Solvang City Council hit a speed bump Monday night in trying to form an official economic-development advisory body, but quickly maneuvered around the obstacle. The

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Central Valley: Firing of Patterson city manager may have happened without proper public notice

donal brown April 29, 2010

The Patterson City Council posted a closed session as “City Manager Evaluation” but ended up firing him, raising the question of whether the session was conducted in compliance with California’s public meeting law. -db Patterson Irrigator Apr 28, 2010 By Amanda Matthews The Patterson City Council might have violated the Ralph M. Brown Act, a public meeting law, when it adjourned to closed session last week and emerged with a decision to terminate City Manager

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Free speech: University of Wisconsin reverses decision to close down panel of antiwar speakers

donal brown April 28, 2010

Citing procedural and security issues, the University of Wisconsin shut down a panel of speakers but reversed itself after conferring with attorneys. -db FIRE Commentary April 26, 2010 By Adam Kissel After cancelling a panel of antiwar speakers last Friday, University of Wisconsin – Madison (UW) has reversed its decision, and the event will proceed tonight as planned. The university also will not charge an unconstitutional security fee to any of the student or academic

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Federal prosecutors complain that judge is blocking criminal probe of school webcam spying

donal brown April 27, 2010

A federal district judge has ordered that evidence be restricted to those connected to a civil lawsuit charging invasion of privacy when a school district spied on students using school-issued webcams. Federal prosecutors has asked the judge to modify the order so they can conduct a criminal investigation of the district. -db Wired April 26, 2010 By David Kravets Prosecutors are claiming that a federal judge is hampering a criminal investigation into a webcam scandal

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Lassen County: Charter school called to task denied request to keep records private

donal brown April 27, 2010

The Westwood Unified School district has demanded that Westwood Charter School take immediate steps to correct alleged violations of California law and to provide an extensive list of documents concerning management, the budget, personnel, and student progress. -db Lassen County Times April 27, 2010 Westwood Charter School must provide all requested documents, take steps to cure and correct alleged violations of California law and make sweeping and significant management changes if it hopes to keep

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