Hamilton County commissioners use phones to have secret conversations during...
Photo by John Rawlston, Times Free Press The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported over the holidays an interesting story about Hamilton County commissioners, some of whom call each other using the...
View ArticleChattanooga lawmakers to seek AG opinion on hospital’s possible Open Meetings...
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported in a story that Chattanooga state lawmakers plan to seek an opinion from the Tennessee Attorney General on whether a local publicly funded hospital violated...
View ArticleHamilton County commissioner says “Sunshine law stinks”
During a public meeting yesterday, Hamilton County commissioners took aim at the requirement in the state's Open Meetings Act, sometimes referred to as the sunshine law, that formation of public policy...
View ArticleTimes Free Press: AG’s opinion gives Erlanger another bonus dilemma
Following is a reprint of today's Chattanooga Times Free Press story about the AG's opinion on requirements for public hospital boards under the Tennessee Open Meetings Act. The Times Free Press...
View ArticleErlanger Health System board plans new meeting on bonuses
The Times Free Press reports that the Erlanger Health System governing board in Chattanooga plans to hold a new meeting to reconsider $1.7 million in executive bonuses it approved last year. With...
View ArticleHamilton County commissioners send secret letter for more power to set their...
Eight of the nine Hamilton County commissioners appeared to have gone to great lengths to avoid talking in public about a bill that they asked their local state lawmaker delegation to draft so they...
View ArticleTimes Free Press: Erlanger trustees to re-vote on bonus resolutions tonight
From the Chattanooga Times Free Press (reprinted with permission). By Kate Belz When Erlanger hospital's trustees take up the issue of executive bonuses at their board meeting tonight, the main...
View ArticleHamilton County’s destruction of public records should set off fire alarms
Hamilton County Attorney Rheubin Taylor refused to allow inspection of its responses to public records requests without the Times Free Press paying more than $700. His office later got permission to...
View ArticleBill would prohibit destruction of public records that are subject to pending...
The House State Government committee on Thursday approved a bill that would prevent the destruction of public records that are subject to a pending records request, paving the way for the bill to move...
View ArticlePrivate meetings on Chattanooga redistricting violated open meetings law,...
A redistricting committee made up of Chattanooga city councilmembers violated the open meetings act when it convened privately to make decisions and deliberate on the city's new voting district maps, a...
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