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Frayda Bluestein

Total posts found: 147

The Ordinance Voting Statutes and the Meaning of the “Date of Introduction”

05/25/22

Legislature Decriminalizes Local Ordinances

10/07/21

Immediate Disclosure of Body-Worn Cameras Related to Death or Serious Bodily Injury

09/27/21

Public Meetings After the Lifting of the State-Level State of Emergency

07/06/21

Clarification of Rules for Remote Meetings Under State Level State of Emergency: No More Waiting 24 Hours After Public Hearings!

06/18/21

Where (and Just What) is the “Personnel File”?

09/28/20

New Rules for Meetings of Public Bodies During State-Level Declared Emergencies

05/05/20

Meetings and Public Hearings Under the Coronavirus State of Emergency

03/14/20

City Obligations for Providing Services to Annexed Areas

01/30/20

Is That All There Is? Strategies for Proving a Negative When a Person Alleges That Their Request for Records Has Not Been Fulfilled

12/16/19

Retention Schedules for Local Governments: Five Things You Should Know

05/16/19

Settlements Under the North Carolina Public Records Law

02/15/19

The First Amendment Keeps the “Social” in Government Social Media

01/28/19

Answers to Questions About the Mayor Pro Tem.

08/27/18

How to Approve Minutes and General Accounts of Closed Sessions

06/05/18

Formulating Plans for Responding to School Violence in Closed Session: Who Can Attend?

04/06/18

Mediation of Public Records Disputes is Jurisdictional

12/22/17

Satellite Area Boundaries are Corporate Limits, But Not for Purposes of Contiguous Annexation or ETJ.

12/14/17

It’s Campaign Season: What Are the Rules About What City and County Officials May Say and Do?

10/30/17

Prayer at Local Government Meetings: An Evolving Jurisprudence

09/19/17

Excusing Board Members from Voting on the Budget

06/19/17

New Rules for Online Access to Databases and Other Records

05/15/17

Open Meetings Book: New Edition Now Available

03/10/17

Email as Public Record: Five Things You Should Know [Updated]

02/20/17

Local Acts Relating to Health and Sanitation: Supreme Court Weighs in On Asheville and Boone Cases

01/05/17

Post-Election Questions? Blog Posts Have Answers

11/28/16

The Peaceful and Orderly Transfer of Power: Answers to Questions About Organizational Meetings and Swearing In New Board Members

11/14/16

Board Majorities Attending External Events or Meetings: When is Notice Required?

08/15/16

Answers to Questions About North Carolina’s Body-Worn Camera Law

07/20/16

The Latest on North Carolina Body-Worn Camera Legislation

06/22/16

Legislative Proposal Regarding Body-Worn Cameras

05/20/16

Requests For Public Records Under FOIA: How Should Local Governments Respond?

04/25/16

Public Comment Period Policies: What’s Legal?

03/15/16

The “Government Speech” Doctrine and Local Government Meetings: Can the Government Take Sides?

01/15/16

Setting Salaries and Closed Sessions

12/17/15

Two New Exceptions to the Public Records Law Protect Citizen Information

10/28/15

Legislative Transfer of Asheville Water System Is Constitutional

10/15/15

New Public Records Exceptions for Security and Law Enforcement Officers (LEO) Information

09/25/15

Annexation Agreements for Economic Development – Not an Option

09/09/15

AOC Database is Not Subject to the Public Records Act

08/26/15

Trial Court Review of Closed Session Minutes

07/28/15

The North Carolina Criminal Self-Dealing Statute (G.S. 14-234): Five Things You Should Know

06/26/15

Removing Members of Appointed Boards

06/03/15

Donating Property: Beware of Constitutional Constraints

04/13/15

When Board Members Won’t Talk Back

03/27/15

Using Private Email for Public Business: Is it Illegal in North Carolina?

03/12/15

Law Enforcement Video Camera Records: An Ongoing National Debate About Transparency

02/26/15

County and Municipal Government in North Carolina: New Edition is Now Available

02/13/15

What’s a Public Body?

02/03/15

Custodians of Public Records

12/19/14

Polling the Board

12/03/14

Selecting and Appointing a New City or County Attorney: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

10/06/14

How Public Are Law Enforcement Vehicle or Body Camera Videos? (Not Very, in North Carolina.)

09/17/14

Attorneys’ Fees For Acting Outside the Scope of Authority (G.S. 6-21.7)

09/05/14

Privacy, Privatization, and Transparency: 2014 Public Records and Open Meetings Legislation

08/26/14

Locally Adopted Voting Rules

07/09/14

Who Has Access to Applicant Information?

06/05/14

Recording Closed Sessions

05/22/14

Is a Quorum Necessary for a Public Hearing?

04/25/14

Anonymous Tips: Can They Really Be Anonymous? [Revised]

04/09/14

Quick-Reference Guide for Closed Sessions

03/13/14

Databases Under the Public Records Law

03/03/14

Canceling Meetings and Hearings Because of Inclement Weather

02/11/14

Approving Minutes of Meetings You Didn’t Attend

02/05/14

Giving and Receiving Gifts

12/16/13

Who May Attend a Closed Session?

11/21/13

Do Mayors Have a Duty to Vote?

11/08/13

Board Members at Candidate Forums: Does the Open Meetings Law Apply?

10/25/13

Voluntary Annexation: An Overview

10/09/13

Removing an Elected Official by Amotion: Judge Says It Can Be Done

09/12/13

Remote Participation in Meetings

08/20/13

It’s All Relative

07/18/13

Can the Board Take Action in a Workshop Meeting?

07/10/13

Are Mug Shots Public Records?

05/22/13

Who Can Request Public Records?

05/10/13

Charging for Copies of Public Records

04/25/13

Who Controls the Agenda?

04/16/13

Can I See What’s in My Personnel File?

03/27/13

Now Therefore, Be It Resolved…

03/13/13

Criticizing Public Employees in Public

02/06/13

Unexcused Absences

01/24/13

Deannexation

01/09/13

Are Security Videos Public Records?

11/16/12

Is North Carolina a Dillon’s Rule State?

10/24/12

Local Acts and General Laws: Another Look

09/12/12

Closed Session Minutes and General Accounts Under the Public Records Law

07/25/12

Annexation Reform: Referendum Replaces Petition to Deny

06/28/12

I Hereby Resign! Wait! I Changed My Mind!

05/24/12

A Road Trip, a Parking Lot Conversation, and a Site Visit: Are These Illegal Meetings?

04/19/12

Dealing With Massive Public Records Requests

03/29/12

Form, Format, and Medium: How Must Electronic Records Be Provided?

03/07/12

Draft Records Under the Public Records Law

02/22/12

Local Government Authority: Piecing it Together

02/08/12

Board Member Financial Interest: Mapping the Points on the Continuum

01/25/12

Canceling and Rescheduling Meetings

01/11/12

Open Meetings and the Public’s Right to Speak

11/16/11

Texting While Meeting: Is it Illegal for Local Government Officials?

11/02/11

Court Does Not Have Authority to Grant Public Access to Personnel Records

10/19/11

Are Cell Phone Bills Public Records?

10/05/11

Annexing Streets – Interpreting S.L. 2011-57, and Dealing With Half a Street

09/21/11

911 Calls and Protecting the Natural Voice – Mandatory or Optional?

09/07/11

Does the Board Have to Approve This?

08/18/11

Water and Sewer Extensions “At No Cost” – Analyzing the New Annexation Law

08/02/11

Annexation Reform: A Summary of the New Law

07/15/11

Email Subscriber Lists: A New Exception to the Public Records Law

07/06/11

Ask, Don’t Compel: Local Government Authority to Establish Rules For Public Records Requests

06/15/11

When Do Government Transparency Laws Apply to Private Entities?

06/01/11

Agreements to Petition for Voluntary Annexation: Do They Run With the Land?

05/18/11

The Whole Enchilada: NC Court of Appeals Rules on Access Requirements Under the Open Meetings Law

04/20/11

Self-Executing Constitutional Provisions

03/23/11

Repealing a City Charter

03/02/11

Records About Employment Actions: Clarifying What Is and Isn’t Public

02/16/11

Filling a Vacancy on the Town Council

02/02/11

Dismissals for Poor Performance: Legal Implications Under the Personnel Privacy Statutes

01/05/11

Is a Survey A Public Record? Another Application of the Framework for Analyzing Public Records Questions

12/15/10

Release of Personnel Records: What Rights Does An Employee Have?

12/02/10

Attorney General Opinion on 2010 Personnel Privacy Changes

11/09/10

Calculating Majorities

10/27/10

About Town Administrators

10/13/10

A Reasonable Search of Employee Records: City of Ontario v. Quon

09/29/10

Waiting for Interpretations of the New Personnel Privacy Provisions: What Options Do Local Governments Have?

09/15/10

Access to Records or Lists of Information: What Does the Public Records Law Require?

08/25/10

Individual Board Member Access to Email

08/11/10

Public Records Mediation and Attorneys’ Fees Provisions

07/28/10

Personnel Privacy Law Changes

07/14/10

Are Local Government Employee Time Sheets Public Records? (Applying the Framework for Answering Questions About Public Records Requests)

06/23/10

Is This a Public Record? A Framework For Answering Questions About Public Records Requests

06/09/10

Voting and Taking Action in Closed Sessions

05/26/10

Getting Your Message Across: What Can Public Officials Say In Support of Pending Policies or Proposals?

05/12/10

Airing Dirty Laundry in Public: Does the Law Require It?

04/28/10

Citizen Participation Information as Public Record

04/14/10

What Is A Local Act?

04/06/10

Free Speech Rights in Government Social Media Sites

03/03/10

Answers to Questions About Committees

02/24/10

Board Members as Employees

01/06/10

Powers of Mayors

12/23/09

What Happens in Closed Session, Stays in Closed Session…Or Does It?

12/09/09

Binding Future Boards

11/25/09

Lame Ducks and Members-Elect: What Can They Do After the Election and Before Swearing In?

11/05/09

I Second that Amotion

10/28/09

“Approved as to Form”

10/21/09

Postcards from Home Rule States

10/14/09

Monuments in Parks: Government Speech, Not Forum Analysis

10/07/09

“Official Conduct” – More on Excusing Board Members From Voting

09/23/09

Excusing Board Members From Voting

09/16/09

Conflicts of Interest: How Do The Voting Statutes Relate to the Criminal Statute?

09/09/09

Limited Public Forum Analysis Revisited

08/05/09

Total posts found: 147