Tulare: Vice mayor resigns to settle lawsuits over violations of open government laws
Members of the Tulare City Council admitted violations of California’s Public Records Act and the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law, and the vice mayor resigned as part of the settlement of lawsuits filed against the city and two members of the council. -db Tulare Advance-Register October 11, 2010 By Staff Vice Mayor Phil Vandegrift stepped down from the Tulare City Council as part of a preliminary settlement agreement of three lawsuits levied against