From HudsonReporter.com:
The Board of Education is investigating whether board trustee Dora Marra committed an ethics violation by allegedly distributing school board business-related documents to former board trustee Tom Troyer, according to board president Jack McStowe.
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From MyCentralJersey.com:
MANVILLE (Nov 26, 2012) — What are they trying to hide?
That’s a question libertarian activist John Paff says he is trying to get answered through a lawsuit he filed last week in state Superior Court.
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We so liked the State FOIA Friday this week, we thought we’d give it this second and special edition.
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
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Read More… from Special Edition: NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for November 23, 2012
From NJ.com:
LAWRENCE, NJ — An open-government activist has filed a lawsuit against the township alleging that officials violated the state’s public records law by denying him access to documentation regarding a civil settlement reached by the township police department this year.
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From North Jersey:
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS – Nearly three weeks after the borough council took steps to raise the cost of an open records request from 5 to 25 cents a page, residents are still paying the lower rate for copies of public records while the council finds out if the increase is legal.
“The next step is to find out if we can do it,” Council President Joseph Favaro said Wednesday.
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From NorthJersey.com:
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking a judge to order the State Police to turn over information on promotion policies within the force.
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From Lehigh Valley:
A lawsuit against Warren County Community College is back on the statewide Internet database after a complaint from a public records advocate.
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A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
Reverse surveillance: ACLU-NJ’s police tape app lets you secretly record any video interactions with cops
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From Philly.com:
TRENTON — William Scott Jr. was concerned about a housing development being built near his Montclair home by a politically connected nonprofit. He filed an open records request to try to figure out how the nonprofit secured a big government construction grant from Essex County, even though it applied past the deadline.
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Read More… from New Jersey’s inscrutable open-records umpire
