Board holds meeting despite not having a quorum physically present.
Tag: open government
Posted inCharter Schools
Choice Foundation re-elects entire board in meeting without public notice
The board moved its meeting up a day without notifying the public.
Posted inCharter Schools
ARISE school board fails to get a quorum for meeting
Two members wanted to participate by phone, but that’s illegal.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Investigations
Jindal administration invoking 2009 law to shield public records
Gov. Bobby Jindal took office in 2008 promising the most transparent administration in Louisiana history, and he quickly began to deliver. He got the state Legislature to approve one measure that requires elected and appointed officials to disclose their personal finances and another that provides greater public disclosure of government contracts. But over the past […]
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Do any schools hide in the shadows of state accountability rules?
A former state education functionary says there may be “shadow schools” at both ends of the academic spectrum. A couple months ago I linked to a post at the Crazy Crawfish blog to buttress my case against corporal punishment. Later on, I read Crazy Crawfish’s other posts. Most of them tackle education issues, with an […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Want to know how city spent millions from HUD? Don't tell anyone you're a reporter
Update: Two-and-a-half hours after this story was published, and shortly after our reporting partners at FOX 8 requested the report, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s spokesman, Ryan Berni, provided a copy of the 100-plus-page report to The Lens. By Tom Gogola, The Lens staff writer | When is a public record not a public record? Apparently when […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Landrieu administration not saying who gets taxpayer-paid take-home cars, credit cards
Despite Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s pledge – and last week’s claim – to be more transparent and accommodating in fulfilling public-records requests, The Lens has yet to get an appropriate response to a trio of week-old requests. The law requires that requested records be provided “immediately” if not in active use; if in active use, public […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Landrieu: Those who quit chief search were throwing bricks, not building bridges
Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu reiterated Wednesday the position that his transition team is a private effort not subject to state sunshine laws and that the public has no right to see the names of all 75 applicants for police chief. Commenting on the four members of his 21- search team who quit in frustration over the […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Landrieu transition team: We're not required to follow state sunshine laws
Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu’s spokesman said late Monday that the transition team “strives to follow” the state open-meetings statues, “though it is not required to do so by law.” Spokesman Todd Ragusa was addressing a point raised earlier Monday by Norman Francis, Xavier University president and one of two leaders of Landrieu’s task force to vet […]