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Court Records

Parents denied access to juvenile court records

Is it true that a court can refuse to provide a transcript of a court proceeding to the accused in a case or to the parent of the juvenile accused? What recourse is there to challenge that refusal? If the answer could depend on which state it's in, where would you start looking to […]

July 14, 2009
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FOIA

Making a FOIA request to the Dept. of Homeland Security

I'm an investigative reporter trying to obtain information from the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection regarding the 32 miles of the northern border that are considered secure; about the number of drugs, guns and weapons crossing over the border; staffing levels compared to the southern border.They say some information can't […]

July 11, 2011
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Brown Act

Public comment limited to three items on Water Quality Board agenda

A draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit was submitted for comments. A final permit ignored most comments, but made three small changes. The first and only public hearing is coming up , but the agenda states that oral comments will be limited to the three changes. Thus, no important points can be […]

April 14, 2010
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Emails to officials

I sent two emails to my Mayor concerning city business but the emails were deleted without having been read. Then, I sent an email to the City Manager about 30 days ago, more or less, and it was deleted, unread, as their program deletes emails after 30 days.Is it proper or legal for a […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Right to online publication of events at my preschool

After dismissing a 3-year-old student for extremely bad behavior, the child's parent retaliated by adding my business to several consumer websites and posting scathing reviews of my school. He egregiously misrepresented facts about the situation with his child and my character. I responded with a point-by-point rebuttal of the false claims. I never mentioned the child's […]

August 15, 2013
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Brown Act First Amendment

When a public official works remotely from a religious institution

May a local water district, subject to the Brown Act, allowed a director to participate telephonically where the remote site (in this case Palmyra, NY) is a facility which is part of the Mormon Church. In this case the remote site is the Visitors Center of Hill Cumorah, which displays religious symbols, shows films […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Unsealing exhibits cited in a judicial ruling

[…] I have had probably a dozen conversations about the documents with the clerk(s) and have always accommodated the clerk. Given the fact that the judge won't speak about the case, can you suggest a motion I could file myself? This involves a high profile case, the consolidated personal injury lawsuits alleging molestation by Catholic Priests.

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Special Meetings and Means of Notice

[…] not notified in writing and that member has not waived a requirement of notification? The president of the board, who is on vacation had already been notified by phone of the special meeting, and the contents of the meeting. He had previously asked for all written correspondence to be delivered to him via the […]

June 14, 2009
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FOIA

SEC Records

Citizens have a Right To Know, at the SEC, where insurance firms invest. However, that EDGAR Database at SEC is absolutely impossible to use to get the info due to high degree of necessary economic/accounting expertise. This seems like a de-facto denial of public Right To know. How can a customer know which insurers […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Rights of Public Comment

[…] developer and staff. The ability of the public to present their opinions at a microphone is not allowed. There is no way the City Council will ever know what the public has said. The right of the public to petition their government is being suppressed. Only pro-developer, high density hype is allowed past the censorship.

June 14, 2009