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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:51 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 26 January 2010 02:41
From Wisconsin State Journal:
Wisconsin’s attorney general says a Racine loan board likely violated the state’s open meetings law by voting through e-mail.
Racine Journal Times newspaper reporter Stephanie Jones claimed the city’s Loan Board of Review made a decision on a loan in June 2009 through an e-mail poll. Jones said the board reaffirmed the vote during a September meeting without any notice.
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen issued an informal opinion saying the e-mail vote offered the public no access to observe the board’s actions, which “almost certainly” violates the open meetings law.
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