Up: The Valley News Dispatch reports that a judge ruled a local school district violated the open meetings law "when it held a closed-door session with shopping center representatives last year to talk about a tax assessment appeal."
The newspaper and its parent company had sued, alleging the meeting violated state law. An Alleghany County Court judge ruled the meeting was OK, but a Commonwealth Court judge overturned that ruling.
Down: The Philadelphia Daily News reports that a Philadelphia school district superintendent shut down access to the district's HR and payroll systems after the Daily News published a story about the high salaries of the superintendent and some of her top assistants. Problem: Payroll records are public.
The Daily News quoted the city's controller saying, I don't believe they can do that where we need free and unfettered access to test the data we have to audit.Secondly, the salaries are a matter of public record. They are public information and should be available."
The newspaper and its parent company had sued, alleging the meeting violated state law. An Alleghany County Court judge ruled the meeting was OK, but a Commonwealth Court judge overturned that ruling.
Down: The Philadelphia Daily News reports that a Philadelphia school district superintendent shut down access to the district's HR and payroll systems after the Daily News published a story about the high salaries of the superintendent and some of her top assistants. Problem: Payroll records are public.
The Daily News quoted the city's controller saying, I don't believe they can do that where we need free and unfettered access to test the data we have to audit.Secondly, the salaries are a matter of public record. They are public information and should be available."
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