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The County Board of Supervisors is considering appointing an ad-hoc committee to consider ways to preserve health benefits for retirees but some supervisors think the issue is too important to discuss  behind closed doors. -DB The Ukiah Daily Journal January 27, 2010 By Tiffany Revelle Conflict about forming an ad-hoc committee to study available choices was the sticking point in a Tuesday debate about how to preserve health benefits for county retirees. Supervisor John McCowen’s

The Modesto Bee has published an editorial advising their readers of their rights to access meetings under the state’s open government law and how to be effective in making their voice heard. -DB The Modesto Bee Editorial January 24, 2010 A prevailing theme on this page is that the public’s business needs to be done in public, every time, all the time. That means public issues should be discussed in an open forum, where the

A Solano County supervisor alleged that three of her colleagues decided ahead of a meeting to block her becoming board chair thus violating California’s Brown Act that provides for open government. -DB The Reporter January 6, 2010 By Danny Bernardini Solano County leaders started the new year the same way they ended 2009: with infighting and 3-2 votes. During the opening moments of the Board of Supervisors’ first meeting of 2010, the vote for a