The North Plainfield Citizens for Community Rights (NPCCR) has submitted a petition to the North Plainfield Borough Council that will force a “Sunshine” referendum to the ballot. The referendum, if approved by the voters, will require the Borough government to be much more open and transparent. A copy of the petition is on-line here. The […]
New Jersey Courts adopt revised public record rule
The New Jersey Supreme Court today announced a revision, which will take effect on September 1, 2009, to the court rule regarding public access to court records. This revision was adopted in response to a November 2007 report by a Special Committee on Public Access to Court Records and comments from the public to that […]
Atlantic County OPMA Transcript available on-line
The transcript of the June 26, 2009 oral argument of my OPMA case against the City of Port Republic (Atlantic County) is on-line here. the Internet. Despite City Attorney Salvatore Perillo’s attempts to complicate the issue presented, Judge Stephen P. Perskie ruled on the sole, narrow before the Court: Whether the City Council is required […]
Asbury Park promises to better comply with Sunshine Law
In a July 10, 2009 letter, Asbury Park City Attorney Frederick C. Raffetto, writing on behalf of the Mayor and City Council, agreed to modify the Council’s executive session procedure to better comply with the Sen. Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act. Raffetto’s letter was in response to a July 3, 2009 letter from […]
Local Finance Board Rejects Seven of my Complaints
Since early June 2009, I have filed formal complaints with the Local Finance Board against 182 Local Government Officers serving seven local governments. This is in addition to the formal complaints that I have filed against 70 Local Government Officials in municipalities that have their own ethics boards. All the complaints regard similar conduct–the officials’ […]