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Series of one-to-one talks violate Sunshine Law

By The Blog Team

Here's the .html version of the Intermediate Court of Appeals opinion in Right to Know Committee v. City Council:

http://www.state.hi.us/jud/opinions/ica/2007/ica27996.htm
Here's the .pdf version:

http://www.state.hi.us/jud/opinions/ica/2007/ica27996.pdf
The ICA endorsed Office of Information Practices Op. Ltr. No. 05-015.

The audio file of oral arguments is posted on the ICA website.

Comments are offered by former ICA staffer Ben Lowenthal and former City Council staffer Ian Lind.

The Honolulu City Council's Executive Matters Committee will discuss the case on Wednesday. (The meeting agenda misleadingly lists the item under "Executive Session." The committee is obligated to hold at least some of its discussion on this matter in open session, including its deliberations and voting on whether to convene in executive session. So, ironically, the meeting agenda itself is arguably in violation of the Sunshine Law.)

Full post as published by Supreme Court of Hawaii Blog (Unofficial) on January 04, 2008 (boomark / email).