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ACLU delegation in Puerto Rico finds police used excessive force against protestors

donal brown May 5, 2011

A delegation sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union found that police were routinely using excessive force against students, journalists and union members during protests in Puerto Rico. Students said that they had been beaten, sexually harassed or groped by police during protests over school fees and budget cuts. -db From the Amerian Civil Liberties Union, May 4, 2011, by Suzanna Ito. Full story

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Texas: Journalist covering terrorism case seeks to suspend gag order

donal brown May 5, 2011

In a case of a man from Saudi Arabia alleged to have attempted to bomb targets in the U.S. including the house of ex-President George W. Bush, a journalist from Texas is asking for the federal appeals court to reverse a gag order issued by a trial court. The reporter’s petition reads, “Any restriction on Constitutionally protected communication should be the least restrictive measure possible, should be narrowly tailored, should be a reasonable remedial measure,

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Appeal filed in case of Tulare County supervisors’ ‘unofficial’ lunch meetings

donal brown May 5, 2011

The First Amendment Coalition and a number of newspapers across the state are appealing a case involving an alleged Brown Act violation by the Tulare County Board of Supervisors who held 30 lunch meetings without public participation. A superior court judge dismissed the suit as lacking factual basis to proceed to trial. The appeal is seen as a way to honor the memory of open-government advocate and CalAware co-founder Rich McKee who died last month.

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Federal appeals court rules employees reporting fraud can be punished for talking to media

donal brown May 5, 2011

A law on whistle-blowers does not protect them from retaliation if they take their case to the media, ruled a federal appeals court in San Francisco. The 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act only protects whistle-blowers if they report suspected fraud to federal regulators, Congress or a workplace supervisor. In so ruling the court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by Boeing auditors fired in 2007 for telling a Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter that they were being pressured to

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A&A: Can’t flush out City’s drainage report

FAC May 4, 2011

Q: We are in a dispute with a developer regarding a drainage diversion across our property. Many months ago we asked the City for help and they  hired an outside engineer and geologist to conduct an investigation. After about three months, the engineer has been paid for several tasks relating to this, but the City has provided no information to us saying they are continuing to “review” the findings.  We have not yet filed or

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