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01-OMD-110
… the next on the agenda, magistrates spent several minutes whispering. About 20 minutes into the whispered discussion, …
Attorney General Opinion —
08-OMD-164
Request By: Jim Evans Barty Bullock Dan Thompson Opinion Opinion By: Jack Conway, Attorney General; Amye L. Bensenhaver, Assistant Attorney General Open Meetings Decision This matter having been presented to the Attorney General in an open meetings …
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09-OMD-188
… communications. Id. In this case, the isolated incident of whispering was quite brief and appeared to be jocular in … business, we cannot conclude that the Board member's whispering violated the Open Meetings Act. Mr. Boggs' …
Attorney General Opinion —
OAG 77-203
… days after the complaint is filed. However, in the case of Whispering Hills Country Club, Inc. v. Kentucky Commission … a complaint." We conclude, as did the Court of Appeals in Whispering Hills, that the Commission's delay in scheduling …
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04-OMD-072
Opinion Opinion By: Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General; Amye L. Bensenhaver, Assistant Attorney General Open Meetings Decision This matter having been presented to the Attorney General in an open meetings appeal, and the Attorney General being …
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Rules of the public meetings road: No Texting!
… meetings law. Text messaging is equivalent to electronic whispering. Like whispering, texting abridges the public’s right to hear … I want to know.” https://t.co/as6IINsEKH Passing notes, whispering, emailing, texting — all are functionally …
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Announcing the Sunshine Law Library
… Attending a public meeting at which public officials are whispering? Type the word " whispering " in the search box (which will accommodate a …
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An "eyebrow raising" story from the Huntington Herald Dispatch by former State Journal reporter and...
… meetings law. Text messaging is equivalent to electronic whispering. Like whispering, texting abridges the public's right to hear …
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The transition to the newly redesigned Kentucky Attorney General's website has been a rocky one for...
… page and using appropriate search terms. In our example, "whispering," "observation," "hear," and "61.840" might … that public officials violate the open meetings law by whispering during a public meeting since the law requires …
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"Private" discussions of public business at public meetings pose a substantial threat to the...
Coalition Directors May 19, 2019 "Private" discussions of public business at public meetings pose a substantial threat to the public's right to know. This open meetings issue emerged – and persists -- at Eastern Kentucky University following …
Attorney General Opinion —
09-OMD-218
Opinion Opinion By: Jack Conway, Attorney General; Amye L. Bensenhaver, Assistant Attorney General Open Meetings Decision The question presented in this appeal is whether the Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Task Force violated the Open Meetings Act …
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17-OMD-151
                  17-OMD-151   July 27, 2017     In re: McLean County News /McLean County Joint Planning Commission   Summary:          McLean County Joint Planning Commission violated KRS 61.835 to the extent it may have attempted to conduct a …
Attorney General Opinion —
03-OMD-036
Request By: Richard G. Bowman 90 Benberry Ct. Kuttawa, KY 42055Lee McCollum, Mayor City of Kuttawa P.O. Box 400 Kuttawa, KY 42055William R. Young Attorney for City of Kuttawa P.O. Box 472 Eddyville, KY 42038 Opinion Opinion By: Albert B. Chandler …
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Meanwhile, The Eastern Kentucky University Progress reports that at the April 23 University Board of...
… conduct, which can be analogized to public officials' whispering to each other in the course of a public meeting …
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12-OMD-182
Opinion Opinion By: Jack Conway, Attorney General; Michelle D. Harrison, Assistant Attorney General Open Meetings Decision The question presented in this appeal is whether the Ravenna City Council violated KRS 61.820 by rescheduling its regular …
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18-OMD-145
… members Jonathan Berkshire and Brent Caldwell started whispering back and forth to each other." Mr. Murphy …
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When you are very grateful you live in Kentucky. Former Frankfort State Journal reporter and UK...
… supports this. The case involved public officials who were whispering to each other during a meeting about public …
Attorney General Opinion —
17-OMD-166
Opinion Opinion By: Andy Beshear,Attorney General;James M. Herrick,Assistant Attorney General Open Meetings Decision The question presented in this appeal is whether the Jefferson County Board of Assessment Appeals ("JCBAA," "the Board") violated …