Two more OMA violations for EG, a total of seven so far
Add two more Open Meetings Act violations to the East Greenwich Town Council effort to restructure local government led by controversial and court-prone Town Manager Gayle Corrigan. Attorney General Peter Kilmartin’s Open Government Unit announced the additional violations Friday afternoon, less than three months after a Superior Court found the Town Council violated the state […]
Coventry GOP chairman says CCFD also suffers from transparency, election issues
As the East Greenwich Town Council considers continuing its relationship with embattled Town Manager Gayle Corrigan, Coventry Republican Party Chairman James Pierson says Corrigan, who is also the executive director of the Central Coventry Fire District, ran a flawed election at the fire district’s annual meeting in September. “I don’t think she did her job […]
Many states avoid the AG in prosecuting public record violations
Many states don’t use their attorney general to enforce state public records laws, according to a spreadsheet created by the New England First Amendment Coalition. While 20 states, including Rhode Island, rely on the attorney general, the majority do not. The spreadsheet is a starting point as AccessRI seeks to move enforcement of the state […]
Catching up with the Community Safety Act: Where does it stand right now?
Since the Community Safety Act was tabled at the last Providence City Council meeting, a lot has happened. Here’s where we stand now…
Secrecy and heavy security for Janet Coit’s Invenergy visit on Monday
Anthony Bianco’s explanation that, “parties given notice and hav[ing] the opportunity to attend” is not the legal standard. The correct legal standard was accurately stated by EFSB Chairperson Margaret Curran at the January 29 EFSB Open Meeting: “We are not allowed to discuss anything about this [case] except in public at an Open Meeting.”
ACLU report finds numerous violations of Open Meetings Act
Public meeting agendas in Rhode Island are “often vague, lacking critical information, and at times entirely unhelpful” to residents attempting to participate in their government, a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has found. In reviewing just one week of public meeting agendas, the ACLU of RI discovered numerous violations […]
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