The Sunshine Review Gazette, 2008 archive
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[edit] February
[edit] April
- School Spending and Respect for the Law
- IL governments spent $5 million to lobby the state
- Shepherd indicted on conspiracy, fraud charges
- Illinois gas tax to blame for high prices
[edit] May
- Marshall County commissioners deny request for records
- Boston City Council loses appeals case to Open Meeting Law violation
- Nagin's aides charge over $150,000 for meals
- Ex-Opelousas Mayor to go before ethics board
- Governor's office under fire for lack of transparency
- Executive Council Leaves Nagin Administration
- City Council demand files on crime cameras and 311 hotline
- Winn Tax Assessor accused of Punishing Political Enemies
[edit] June
- Hearing set on FOIA complaint against court
- Judge orders IRS to turn over data
- White House wins round in e-mail fight
- Expert: County Council move may violate law; attorney: there was no secret meeting
- Town Council violated information act
- Carcieri vetoes ‘sunshine’ bill, 21 others
- R.I. lawmakers approve changes to public record laws
- Student records released under open records law
- TAC report coming into light
- DSU did not violate open records laws
- McCrory says records request "fishing expedition"
- Public-records bill voted down in state Senate
- Public records laws can’t be treated cavalierly
- Judge orders 911 tapes released
- Recreation records bill passes House
- Recreation program public records bill passes subcommittee
- NC state employees' group denies bribe attempt
- Governments lobbying governments
- Police expect no problems with new public records law
- Madison Co. increasing online access to public records
- Court blasts City Council secrecy
- Judge: NAACP can review Maryland police documents
- Sunshine for lawmakers
- Iowa ombudsman urges lawmakers to update open records laws
- Public access counselor says Muncie violated law
- State records law does not require retention of e-mail
- IDEM provides missing cell phone records
- Ga. court rules against media in old slayings
- Politician used nonprofit's e-mail database
- Clarksville drops 25 cent public record charge
- Sheriff sued to hand over drug records
- House chips away at public records
- IDEM releases some, not all, records
- Judge orders release of Cypert document
- Lingle keeps lid on Superferry records
- Rehoboth Beach planners did not violate the law
- Info sought on severance tax issue
- District attorney's expenses questioned
- Arizona Bill makes disciplinary records public
- Arizona city attorney refuses News-Sun request
- Clerk Takes Down Questionable Documents After Talks with Attorney General
- Judge seals minutes from WCMC board
- Greenland Mayor Says Aldermen Holding Illegal Meetings
- North Dakota government corruption
- Arkansas government corruption
- Governor signs Textbook Transparency Act
- Sweetheart loans for government officials
- New York Government Transparency
- Connecticut transparency bill
- New Jersey Transparency
- Illinois' 2007 fiscal report shows $70 billion deficit
- Inspector General's office up and running
- City Council questions crime cameras
- Oklahoma Corruption Trial 2008
- Pennsylvania state senate releases legislative journals
- Nagin dining on taxpayer money
- Two more leaving Nagin Administration
- CTO Jones lied about credentials
- City Council questions 311 hotline
[edit] July
- Does Public Support Open Government?
- Starcher supports disclosure
- Massey Energy sues state Supreme Court over FOIA
- WVU wants FOIA suit dismissed
- PG lawsuit questions WVU phone records
- State offers, union nixes alternate records route
- State wants $1,700 for look at public records
- Ruling shines light on execution process
- Open book: Tell-all Web site should be Utah's goal
- SD Open records law amended
- South Carolina State government needs more transparency
- 2 councilmen at odds over suggested settlement of suit
- Information from county available--if the price is right
- Journal seeks access to letters on judicial finalists
- Attorney general asked to rule on access to judicial nominating letters
- A.G. Lynch sues Cranston over public records request
- Governor has qualms over release of names, vetoes public records bill
- Sheriff stonewalling public records request
- Open record ruling protects Legislature
- Mayor's vote commitments may have violated Open Meetings Act
- ND atty gen says counties didn't provide electronic records...
- District agrees to turn over e-mails
- Gov. Easley signs park records bill, 25 others
- General Assembly fails to advance the cause of accountable government
- Judge dismisses lawsuit against NC treasurer
- Joe says no
- Hackney blocks bill on legal fee recovery
- Local government officials must stop skirting N.C. laws on open meetings, public records
- NC Senate OKs plan to strengthen open records law
- Open records bill advances in NC Senate
- Maintaining Freedom isn't a spectator sport
- Attorney fees awarded in public records lawsuit
- Judge was right to open city's draft documents
- City manager responds to public records ruling
- New law opens incident reports; access isn't free
- Supreme Court case behind Pawlenty's information policy is a 'legal antique'
- Mayor seeks records on firefighters' physicians
- Police public files costly
- Public has right to know who Brockton employees are calling
- Paying for public records
- Openness in government can get pricey for the average resident who wants access to information
- Investigating animal cruelty
- Public Agencies Send Notices Via E-mail
- Contractor: Make arena bidding records public
- Release of downtown arena bids sought
- Some city records now can be accessed online
- Some question attorney's hiring by Greater Clark Schools Corporation
- Lake County lagging on health data
- Freedom's just another word for a thing to hide
- E-mail public documents get erased, disappear
- Advertiser accepts UH apology, drops lawsuit
- MARTA chief's payout swells
- Stephenson frequently in feuds over her debts
- Time for a Legislative Overhaul to Forward Hawaii Government Transparency
- Camden sheriff may have to pay legal fees
- Open-records lawsuit against Aurora councilman dismissed
- Government is the people's business
- Denver should provide more details of security spending
- MCSO stymies requests for information — even from regulators
- Alaska records request seeks insight, clarity
- Alaska records policy changes proposed
- Beebe: Hardin Wrong To Conceal Bonus
- Group requests election records
- New open records policy still unwritten
- Sheriff Curry attempts to keep public out of budget process
- Trial in Barksdale suit set Aug. 11
- 12 charged in public corruption investigation
- Exposing Illinois' 44 billion dollar budget lie
- Tucson Mayor sued after failing to produce public records
- Bipartisan team investigates Blunt over emails
- Stanhope school district audit reveals fiscal mismangment
- Liverpool school district finds $250,000 questionable spending in audit
- Alaska Senator Ted Stevens indicted
- Private prison company Corrections Corporation of America is subject to open records law
- Spam scam costs taxpayers $1.7 million
- South Carolina opens Medicaid records to the public
- Schwarzenegger launches 'California School Finder'
- Pennsylvania creates online contract library
- Association of Government Accountants hold conference for government transparency
- Pentagon audits favor contractors
- Memphis police sue for blogger's name
- State audit finds problems in Seatle school system
- Missouri police caught driving impounded cars
- Illinois gives $20,000 grants to fraud tutor programs
- Fielkow pushes for contract transparency
- Pennsylvania "Bonus-gate"
- Hillsborough School Board spending $40,000 annually on travel
- Government Accountabilty Office finds millions given to businesses committing fraud
- Virginia State Police Investigate School Board
- Government Accountabilty Board flip flops on Fradette
- Ohio Health Board extends contract of indicted commissioner
- IL without a balanced budget
- New Jersey Education Commissioner initiates school reform
- Liberty school audit reveals sketchy transactions
- Arlington trustees vacation instead of facing $15 million deficit
- New rules for New Orleans city credit card use
[edit] August
- Editorial: Cabell school board must avoid unnecessary closed-door sessions
- The public's shrinking right to know
- Legislators: Consolidation of school districts not on front burner
- Government investment requires full transparency
- Fertilizer firm files FOI suit
- Council supports expanding public records access
- ACLU sues Carcieri over records access
- Lynch: Judicial panel erred in withholding letters
- AG Lynch issues advisory opinion to JNC on Access to Public Records request
- Common Cause of R.I. weighs in on letters about judicial nominees
- RWU conference examines public’s right to know
- Keep weapons permits public
- LNG Opponents Sue Energy Commission Over Mailing List
- Newspaper continues fighting for public access to court info
- Judge seals documents in UND nickname case
- WSI board to get open meeting training
- Jobs group will show records; officials want to see how county funds were spent
- Sunshine deficit on Oak Island
- N&O lawyers press attorney general on court records
- DWI cases sought by N&O sealed
- Oak Island has not fulfilled contractor's request for records
- Commissioners, Rowan Jobs Initiative at odds over records
- New Mexico Tech Resorts to Snake Oil
- UNM regents approve public records changes
- State appeals open records rulings
- V&T commission criticized for not producing data on acquisitions
- County appeals in Plum Creek case
- Lawyer's disciplinary records aren't public, Mont. justices decide
- Providing public records is not an extra responsibility
- Public records for all?
- Public records: Fees a thinly disguised barrier
- Richland public record requests called pricier than needed
- JPS secrecy: Edwards hired in illegal meeting?
- Justice Dept. signs off on state's ambitious ethics-reform law
- Police reports: Openness fights crime
- Police info still hard to obtain
- Appointees' information is private?
- Selectmen violate Open Meeting Law
- Bonuses boost council staff pay
- State OKs charge for e-mail record request
- Public records not really public, reporters find
- Paper seeks garage information
- Turnpike takes its meetings on the road
- Police are sued by ACLU, Group seeks records of arrests in schools
- Those in attendance at packed commissioners meeting got few answers
- Public Document Retrieval Filing Fees to be Applied In Wiscasset
- Transportation Cabinet holds conflict of interest report
- Progress wins open records appeal
- Court: 62 UofL Foundation Donors To Stay Anonymous
- U of L grant checks end up in local bank
- Having salaries public is intended to make government more open
- Closed session of Des Moines school board troubles critics
- Governor clamps lid on disaster draft report
- Judge wants list of papers in U of I sex case
- All sides heard for UI documents
- Randolph Central board's closed meeting violated law, according to open records office
- Complaint: Public records not released from Jeffersonville's Clerk-Treasurer's Office
- J&C's request for more detailed records denied
- Our View: Kempthorne shares blame with state law
- Clayton board holds closed meeting; member storms out
- ‘Have Your Say’ — School system not so open with SPLOST ‘public’ records
- Anson fights inquiry on wife
- 911 operator had history of errors, sleeping on job
- Cop charged with murder had been subject of probes
- Amid layoffs, some city employees got hefty raises
- From the editorial advisory board: BVSD and open meetings
- Post sues to see Ritter records
- Law lets DHS stall
- Former UAF coach tries to block records release
- Keeping secrets : Judges sometimes hide all aspects of civil lawsuits
- Petty cash payments and open records noncompliance raise questions
- Ritter attorney seeks dismissal of suit over phone records
- Council member seeks Wausau city attorney e-mails
- Kansas budget comparision report (2008)
- Forney requests public feedback on proposed budget
- Georgia launches new transparency website
- Gov. Jindal appoints seven to ethics board
- Cook County takes 3% of worker charity donations
- BISD withholding public records
- New Orleans Police keeping National Guard records private
- State audit reveals need for transparency
- Bluegrass Institute calls for greater government transparency
- DPS appeals ruling over records access
- Buckeye Institute launches transparency project
- Media group fights for court transparency
- School Board Junket Costs Taxpayers $36,000
- The fight for Gov. Perry's emails
- Democrat Jack Markell Calls for FOIA Expansion
- New Mexico political corruption hotline launched
- Columbus business leaders want spending details for school bond
- Mandeville county faces political corruption probe
- Montgomery County launches public corruption unit
- Collin County publishes check register
- Over 2,300 court records sealed since 2003
- Detroit mayor jailed again
- Muschany indicted for sexual assualt
- Medicare approves fake contracts
- Westwood Heights clerk embezzles $41,000 from school
- Ohio charter school owes state $2.6 million
- Teachers Association of Long Beach uses general funds on campaigns
- Kansas government corruption
[edit] September
- Starcher says he has no e-mails to release
- WV Court hears police FOIA case
- WV Supreme Court set to hear police FOIA case
- Larry Starcher's e-mail trail
- Court must release Maynard e-mails, judge says
- W.Va. Supreme Court set to hear police FOIA case
- Information freedom
- Man stymied in hunt for Vt. legislative records
- AG's office denies request for search warrant information
- Keep it open: Deals made with defendants should be accessible
- S.D. jury records to be closed, high court says
- Kudos to Pierre for records Web site
- EDITORIAL: Public records assault
- Judge outlines legislative plans
- Report dissects government spending
- EDITORIAL: Scrutinize open records exemption
- Daily Nebraskan resolves issues over open records requests with university
- Freedom From the Press?
- Agency offers partial response to FOIA request
- Missoula County posts Plum Creek easement information
- Local Blogger Frustrated with City's Response to Changes in Law
- Open records: New process works for citizens
- Town forced to release Williams’ settlement after state rules in favor of I&M’s FOI request
- Williams gets $37,000 settlement agreement
- Secretive parole votes raise furor
- Confidence in courts on trial
- Kentucky attorney general sides with Eastern Kentucky student newspaper in request to open campus police records
- Local TV station files petition asking city for e-mails
- Index: Probe yielded 3,200 pages of documents
- Access to your government: A mixed bag
- District judge denies injunction in county administrator hiring
- UPDATE: Site with SS numbers essentially shut down
- Records culled over ID theft fears
- Public has little access to teacher discipline records
- Long Thompson wants probe of Daniels' planes use
- No wrong done in records denial, access counselor says
- Thompson challenges Daniels to disclose travel records
- New Education Spending Tracker Announced
- Library board work session appears to have violated open meetings law
- Library trustees call meeting for today
- Taxpayers push for public records
- Gwinnett stadium price has fluctuated all summer
- Kramer keeps watchful eye on county council comings and goings
- City files suit over wastewater dispute
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to keep exec hunt private
- Greenwood Wants FOIA Suit Dropped
- Irate Ark. man posts county e-mail records in privacy fight
- Special prosecutor won't proceed with suit against ES aldermen
- Shortcomings of records law seen in Arizona ruling
- Group plans to sue three lawmakers, including GJ's Penry
- Colorado elections director resigns amid inquiry
- Open records, privacy clash in county database
- Council testifies in city vs. Times lawsuit
- City/Times lawsuit ruling could take three months
- County to disclose financial details
- Barss pleaded guilty in order to save pension
- Road Home contractor receives $99 million raise
- New signs in Tulsa cost $5,000 each
- Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Pleads Guilty
[edit] October
- Biafore Disappointed With Denial of FOIA Request: Attorney-Client Privilege Cited
- Why Can't A D.C. Blogger Get Public Records?
- Symington sued over e-mail access
- E-mail ruling weakens public accountability
- Judge won't release city e-mails
- SLED to charge for checks
- AB chastised, but not charged, in meeting violation
- School board pushed to make records public
- The Internet age helps open floodgates on public records
- After rebuke from state, videos will soon return
- Legislative panel demands records from ND auditor
- E-mails add details to UP plans
- County's online records are safety risk, expert says
- Agencies getting county money now must open records, meetings
- Public-records lawsuit settled
- Judge rules in Sandia landfill public records case
- Judge: State violated Right-to-Know Law in ATV park case
- Judge issues order in Gibbons e-mail lawsuit
- Nevada governor sued
- ACLU Says CCSD Blocking Public Records
- Government e-mail must be preserved
- Some public info destroyed
- Records about chief still sought
- The state's Public Records Law is flouted by officials at all levels of government
- Daily News to appeal Open Meeting Law decision
- Public records should be public
- Lawrence School Committee member gagged
- When police records are put out of reach
- AG: Lexington violated Open Records Act
- Newspaper withdraws AG appeal
- Governor Beshear seizes websites
- Track your tax dollars
- UI sues over public-records law
- Democrats turn over Republican court files
- Daniels Administration Too Cozy With Coal Industry?
- Noblesville School Board agrees to keep $83M budget details secret
- Younger defends records policy
- Records show high spending by Atlanta City Council
- APD responds to criticisms
- Councilman’s use of brother’s company questioned
- APD hiding parts of incident reports
- Lawyer: Meeting violated FOIA
- Bisbee Says Private Meetings OK
- Nelson renews calls for release of New Times arrest documents
- Vasquez used work computer to send info on rival
- Arizona town officials learn public records law is complicated matter
- Want Palin's e-mails? That'll be $15 million
- Mine foes hit Alaska for withholding public papers
- Access to Ritter's phone data denied
- Attorney general tightens grip on records
- Barksdale records opened
- Dunnam proposed finance disclosure for ethics panel
- Feds indict insider with ties to Blagojevich
- Massachusetts state senator arrested for accepting bribes
- Dallas City Councilman spends $12,000 on promotional items
- Senator Ted Stevens found guilty on corruption charges
- Jindal - $1 billion budget gap in Louisiana
- Attorney General backs contract transparency
- Attorney General wants details on meeting agendas
- Senator Ted Stevens testifies
- Palin Administration ordered to preserve emails
- New Orleans crime camera contract exposed
- New Orleans voters make Inspector General permanent
- Indicted Congressman runs for 10th term
[edit] November
- Judge tosses Massey's FOIA lawsuit
- Report shows S.D.'s need for more open government
- Beaufort County Sheriff's Office withholds crime reports
- Police might be violating open record laws
- DHEC keeping secrets
- State withholds details of retiree awards
- State ordered to give records to union
- Firm seeks identities to preserve anonymity
- Check box to conceal weapons permit
- New Report: OR Laws Fail “Government Integrity” Test
- Board proposal restricts access
- Open records case: State racks up hefty attorney fees
- Nothing to see?
- Governors e-mail privacy defended
- Controversies bring push for more ethics laws
- Obey the law. Timely release of police files is not optional
- E-mail messages are public records
- Police delay goes against purported goal
- WPD’s documents delay ‘outrageous’
- Legislators bill state $1.3 million for travel
- Pineville Mayor resigns
- Lawmaker's files remain closed
- JCCC to establish public database that tracks spending
- Fired Administrator Files Open Records Request
- Glenwood records access tab is $2,280, state says
- Council votes to stop recording meetings
- IDEM refuses to release calendar items to P-T
- Former coroner must turn over records now
- County Public Records To Be Available Online
- County officials feud over coroner records
- Councilwoman spends $40,400 for 'best in the business' video
- Washington, Idaho rank far apart on openness
- Ethics group calling for firing of state DOT chief
- DeKalb loses track of traffic tickets
- BoE argues about openness
- Arizona resident seeks access to Q.C. training videos
- Judge declares Boulder City employee surveys to be open records
- Debate over DNC trial tab heats up
- State offices swamped by records requests
- Copies shouldn't cost $1
- Write-in candidate continues fight for records
- Oklahoma elects 13 who signed open government pledge
- New law makes it easier to request records in Pennsylvania
- Reporter makes records request, officials run her license plate number
- Even with new law, IL paper denied public records
- Former schools chief sentenced to six years in corruption case
- Councilor fined $8,000 for faking Governor's signature
- Former Newark official pleads guilty to bribery, attempted extortion
- Former Chattanooga councilman guilty of obstructing justice
- Rhode Island Governor breaks ethics rules for fourth time
- Top staffer leaves Nagin Administration
- Inspector General returns $1.2 million of budget
- Public record requests meet with confusion in central Florida
- Appeals court tells Blagojevich to turn over subpoenas
- Audit finds nearly 10% of open records requests denied or ignored
- Former NJ state senator convicted of bribery and pension fraud
- Massachusetts Senator indicted for extortion
- Mass. state senator indicted, resigns seat
- Texas House renovates members lounge for $140,000+
- Councilmember: $250K audit was unnecessary
- Louisiana launches state spending website
- Jindal Cabinet member broke ethics law before joining administration
- Sunshine law drafted by citizens to be on council agenda
- Feds subpoena records from top political Kilpatrick advisers
- NO Councilwoman says sanitation director lied about contract
- Tulsa Public Schools denies open records request
- Gov. creates ethics reform task force
- House speaker cites "legislative immunity" to keep papers secret
- Oregon Sheriff weighs in on privacy rights versus FOIA laws
- Four Florida officials indicted for corruption
- IL State Police refuse FOIA requests, ask high fees
- Former Niagra Falls Mayor indicted
- School District superintendent wants $5,000 for FOIA request
- Olmsted county political corruption
[edit] Decemeber
- Expert Says Government Secrecy Up
- State Supreme Court rules against city in FOIA case
- Criminal records now available to public on state Web site
- Editorial: Exorbitant fee limits public records access
- High court: State rights of way records are public
- State secret: Who owns video lottery?
- Sheriff to stop limiting records access
- Where did the money go?
- Exclusive: As Gaston leaders prospered, town suffered
- School data charges vary widely among districts, panel finds
- Pasley balks on Freedom of Information requests
- Sheriff seeking legal opinion on release of crime reports
- RI town sued over alleged open records violation
- Request for gun records dropped
- Sheriffs Show United Front On Concealed Weapons Privacy
- Sheriffs go too far in fighting public records
- University must reconsider denial of records
- Put teeth in state open records law
- Instead of open records, empty promises abound
- Reports of death, rape allegation censored
- Swain DSS denies records request on twins
- Municipal salaries ruled public record
- Does Public Information in Montana Need Better Enforcement?
- City Council May Sue Mayor Melton For Financial Info
- Medical school conflicted over disclosures
- State upholds records denial by Dennis-Yarmouth School District
- Closed session on Rojas records blocked
- T&G goes to court in records case
- Trust redacted
- Police records redacted into big black hole
- DA urges board to release records
- T&G to receive officer’s records
- Union’s request holds up release of officer’s records
- Ruark ordered to release records
- Airport director suspended with pay during review
- Unions to file suit against Metro, claims open records request not fulfilled
- County must work; city, state can rest
- Attorney General's Office: Ensuring Open Government
- Culver's staff sits on cuts list
- Redacting public records dangerous, lawmakers told
- Overhauling Indiana government: Part II
- Evans returns records to Deppe in coroner dispute
- Authority keeps lid on Jekyll contract
- Political charity may cross line
- Editorial: Clarke school officials must start talking
- Ex-chief sues city over open meetings
- Sheriff's Dept. violates Freedom of Information Act
- Chief deputy apologizes after FOIA violation
- LR city attorney says jail info gag order 'erroneous'
- Judge backs state, says locations of computers are off limits to the AP
- RTA asks judge to make '06 ballots public
- Sheriff's Office told to pay fees in lawsuit
- Judge rules for city in lawsuit vs. Times
- Lawsuits filed over disputed legal invoice
- Auditor's report: 145 contracts altered without Assembly OK
- Should Todd Palin's e-mails be public
- City releases water records to Daily Home
- King says CMS ignoring his FOIA request
- Investigation reveals extent of Attorney General corruption
- Officials improperly use state computers to access records on "Joe the Plumber"
- Attorney General encourages government transparency
- WI Government Accountability Board investigations withheld from public
- NJ lawmaker fights to put state spending online
- Jackson city mayor refuses to turn over records
- Blunt settles lawsuit, will release thousands of emails
- Report details the cost of taxpayer-funded lobbying
- Non-profit posts millions in court records for free
- School districts show huge disparities in charging for FOIA requests
- Judge blocks the release of teachers' union emails
- Texas "Open Book" website launched
- Three Michigan school districts put check registers online
- Illinois Gov. Blagojevich arrested on corruption charges
- Amended lawsuit accuses Blunt of violating public records laws
- Nevada Lt. Gov. indicted on fraud charges
- Independent review of Gibbon's emails ordered
- State Senator-elect owes $60,000 in fines
- Maricopa County supervisor indicted on 118 counts
- Top aide to Kilpatrick pleads guilty
- Birmingham mayor arrested on federal charges
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