OFFICIAL SAYS:CITIZENS’ INTEREST IN GOVERNMENT HAS ‘GONE TO THE DOGS’ (VIDEO)

By Izzy Lyman/http://watchdogwire.com/

A frustrated public official made a candid comment about public apathy toward local government while attending a seminar on Michigan Freedom of Information Act laws and the Open Meetings Act.

Tom Richards, city manager of Harbor Springs, wondered \”Where have all the citizens gone?\” when the big budget issues come up. His complaint came during a provocative lecture at North Central Michigan College, by media law attorney Robin Luce Herrmann, who is a strong advocate for government transparency.

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Prosecutors: Beheading Suspect Should Have Been Jailed Longer

by Mary Kreiter/International Business Times

posted with permission

Prosecutors say the suspect who allegedly beheaded a co-worker at a Moore, Oklahoma, food processing plant should have been in prison longer. Alton Alexander Nolen, 30, had served just two years of a six-year drug sentence. Nolen was expected to be charged Monday with murder for Friday\’s incident at Vaughan Foods. Oklahoma County District Attorney David…

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NJ News Commons:Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Report

Huh? Let\’s See That Data Again
September 30, 2014

CHRISTIE HID TAX DATA, BUT THE STORY DOESN\’T END THERE
After Governor Christie\’s decision to delete municipal property tax rebate data from the state website, the state Assembly voted yesterday to require the state to resume the publication of that data. The bill is part of an ongoing struggle between the Christie administration and the Democratic-controlled legislature over the suppression of previously-available public data and information that is \”regarded as damaging to Gov. Christie\’s political narrative,\” reports NJ Spotlight.

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