Eagle mayor releases list of people being considered for vacant council seat
March 11, 2009: "Eagle Mayor Phil Bandy reversed course Wednesday and released the names of 13 area residents who want fill the vacancy on the city council created when Councilman Steve Guerber stepped down last month.
Bandy said after again reviewing the Idaho Public Records Law that he determined the names could be made public.
Up until Wednesday, Bandy had declined to name the candidates." Read the full article here.
Public Forum for Accessing Court Records
Feb 23, 2009: "The State of Idaho is making steps to have court information more accessible.
With the help of http://www.idcourts.us/ you can now get information on trial court cases in all 44 Idaho counties from speeding tickets to major cases. But there's still a lot of education that needs to happen". Read the full article here.
Richert: Stimulus money should be discussed in the open
February 23, 2009: "Gov. Butch Otter has assembled a team of experienced experts to sort through the 1,100 pages of the newly passed economic stimulus law.
The flipside to tapping people with experience, of course, is that they have connections. They work with companies or agencies that have a potential stake in how Idaho spends upwards of $1 billion in stimulus dollars.
And their work, while advisory in nature, will occur behind closed doors." Read the full article here.
Is that angry e-mail you wrote public record?
January 30, 2009: "When a public official uses e-mail to discuss public business, that e-mail is part of the public record.
And except in specific cases where the law says otherwise, that record is open to the public.
That was the lesson Fremont School Board trustees learned during a training session earlier this month.
Trainings are a regular part of the board's meetings." Read the full article here.
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