Somerset County Assignment Judge Yolanda Ciccone, by way of a May 11, 2015 letter, directed my lawyer to bring former Bound Brook art teacher Kimberly Charnuska into my Open Public Records Act (OPRA) lawsuit so that “she may place on the record her position to [my] Order to Show Cause.” Ciccone’s letter is on-line here. […]
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GRC issues list of cases pending at either OAL or Appellate Division.
On May 14, 2015, in response to a citizen’s OPRA request, the Government Records Council (GRC) issued a list of 53 of its cases that are awaiting action by either the Appellate Division or by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL). The list, which is on-line here omits only one known case, Scheeler v. NJ […]
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NJSPCA adopts OPRA request form
People have asked me whether the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NJSPCA) is subject to the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). In order to find out, I submitted an OPRA request to the NJSPCA for its records request form. (All agencies subject to OPRA are required by N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(f) to […]
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Appeals Court: Town did not prove that surveillance video was exempt from disclosure.
Victor AshrafiAppellate Division Judge On May 13, 2015, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division, in a published and thus precedential case, discussed public disclosure of security videos taken by a stationary camera in a municipal building. The decision, in Patricia Gilleran v. Township of Bloomfield, is on-line here. In an opinion authored by Judge […]
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West Cape May pays $62,500 to settle whistle blower and age discrimination suit.
On November 24, 2014, the Borough of West Cape May (Cape May County) agreed to pay $62,500 to its former Recycling Coordinator who said he was fired because of his age and because he reported that his supervisor was drunk on job. In his suit, David Cox, a Borough employee since 2006, said that he […]