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California: Organizers of Memorial Day parade in Mill Valley want to exclude peace coalition

donal brown May 9, 2011

In 2009 the Marin Peace and Justice Coalition won a prize at the Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade for its display of peace cranes with names of fallen soldiers, but this year the organizers want to ban the coalition from marching after some of their followers carried signs last year criticizing Israeli policies towards Palestinians. The organizers say the coalition could hold their own parade, but the coalition find the cost of liability insurance, from

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UC Berkeley finds student journalist guilty of trespassing while covering sit-in

donal brown May 9, 2011

A disciplinary panel at the University of California Berkeley has ruled that Josh Wolf of the Graduate School of Journalism was trespassing when he filmed a student protest over tuition hikes inside Wheeler Hall in 2009. Wolf said the ruling will have a chilling effect on journalists trying to cover campus events. The punishment for Wolf is to write an essay on the rights of journalists to help the administration develop a clear policy on

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FAC leads amicus signed by 90+ publications in Brown Act case begun by the late Rich McKee

FAC May 6, 2011

A FAC led amicus brief joined by more than 90 newspapers and other publications was filed Thursday in an appeal of a Brown Act law suit involving  the Tulare County Board of Supervisors.  The suit challenges the supervisors’ practice of holding lunchtime meetings–regularly and often–that were nonpublic and held without notification to the public or media. The plaintiffs–the late Rich McKee, CNPA and the Visalia Times-Delta–argued that the lunches, which were charged to the county

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Fox to post political donations online

donal brown May 6, 2011

After donating over a $1 million to a business lobby and $1 million to the Republican Governors Association during the mid term national elections, News Corp. which owns Fox News, has pledged to publicly disclose their donations on their corporate web site. In the interim, News Corp. will also disclose political donations from January through June of 2011 by July 15. -db From Mediaite, May 4, 2011, by Alex Alvarez. Full story

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California appeals court rules public school could fire dean for ‘obscene’ ad on Craigslist

donal brown May 5, 2011

The California Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled that the San Diego Unified School District could fire a middle school dean for posting what the district claimed was an obscene “men seeking men” ad on Craigslist. The court said it was immaterial whether the students saw the ad or not. The appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that the conduct was immoral and showed unfitness for public service under the education code.  Justice Gilbert

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