“Og-blog” stands for “open-government blog” and that’s what we do: tell people about open-government issues of interest to regular citizens, media, trade associations, and government agencies. We find interesting stories and court cases from Washington State and other places about the Public Records Act, Open Public Meetings Act, access-to-court rulings, and media law.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
District Called Out by AG's Office For Open Meetings Violation, Does Do-Over
The Tri-City Herald reports that the Kennewick Irrigation District (which is bigger than it sounds) convened a second and apparently legal meeting to hire a manger after the Tim Ford, the open-government ombudsman at the Attorney General's Office, said the first meeting violated the Open Public Meetings Act.