After footage of a tense city council meeting in West Branch, Iowa was posted on YouTube, City Administrator Matt Mucker suggested a rule that would have required the public to secure mayoral permission to record meetings. This measure would… [...]
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While summarizing the changes Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst hopes to implement with the Senate Select Committee on Open Government, Curt Olsen reminds, “Initiatives for ‘open government’ either improve access or hinder it.” Olsen… [...] In our continued effort to highlight the anniversary of January 2010′s Citizens United decision, all of this month’s weekly roundups will take a look at what local bloggers across the country are saying about the ruling. Last week, we took a look at… [...] Americans for Prosperity-Nebraska, a free-market advocacy group, has filed a complaint with the state attorney general against the Lincoln-Lancaster County Public Building Commission, alleging the body violated the state’s open meetings laws. T… [...]
NY Enacts Complete Streets LawPremised on public safety and greener roads and highways, New York now requires all county and local transportation projects undertaken by the State Department of Transportation or for projects that receive both federal and state funding are subject to State DOT oversight, to consider the convenient access and mobility on the road network by all including motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists and public transportation users by incorporating complete streets design features. Such considerations are required in the planning, design, construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads, but exempted are projects aimed at resurfacing, maintenance, or pavement recycling. The new law explains that complete street design features include: sidewalks, paved shoulders suitable for bicyclists, lane striping, bicycle lanes, share the road signage, crosswalks, road diets, pedestrian control signalization, pull outs, curb cuts, raised crosswalks and ramps, and traffic calming measures. Exceptions are made where it has been set forth in publically available documents that use of the road by bicyclists and pedestrians is prohibited by law, or where the cost would be disproportionate to the need as determined by factors including: land use context, current and projected traffic volumes, demonstrated lack of need, or that the use of [...] Indiana’s new public access counselor has limited the public’s ability to request and review the email exchanges of government officials. In 2009, then-public access counselor Heather Neal decided that “mail records requests should be ti… [...] It took them a long time but they’ve finally got the plan in place to log the watershed lands they own. Someone asked if I would stop them. No, let them have at it. Let them clear cut the damned place for the money that’s in those trees… [...] Relocating can be a harrowing occasion for people as often as plants. [...] Despite the state’s spotty history with transparency, The Sunshine Review has just increased the Kansas state website’s grade from a B- to a B thanks to redesigns made by Governor Sam Brownback’s administration. Kirstin McMurray, The Sunshi… [...] |
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