Pineville Mayor resigns
November 12, 2008: Pineville Mayor Bob Madon resigned after a city council meeting in the aftermath of being indicted on federal vote buying charges during the 2006 mayoral election.
Councilwoman Diana Anderson will act as the interim mayor. Read the entire story here...
Lawmaker's files remain closed
November 11, 2008: Attorney General Jack Conway has declined to release records about a state senator's employment record at Murray State University, citing an "open investigation."
Conway revealed the investigation, which relates to the employment documents of state Sen. Joey Pendleton, D-Hopkinsville, in a letter to State Republican Party Chairman Steve Robertson on Nov. 5, the day after Pendleton was re-elected to the Senate. Read the full article here.
AG: Lexington violated Open Records Act
October 28, 2008: The Kentucky attorney general's office has ruled that Lexington's Urban County Council violated the Open Records Act when it denied District 2 write-in candidate Randy Tobia's request for e-mails sent to and from District 2 Councilman Tom Blues' city e-mail address.
"Although Mr. Tobia's request was broad in scope, the council failed to demonstrate the existence of an unreasonable burden in producing the requested records, by clear and convincing evidence, and its denial therefore constituted a violation of the Open Records Act," the attorney general's office wrote in its ruling. Read the full article here.
Newspaper withdraws AG appeal
October 23, 2008: The Independent has taken action to withdraw its appeal to the Attorney General’s Office over an open records request filed with the Boyd County Fiscal Court last month regarding inmate health care.
The Independent filed the appeal Oct. 13 after county officials failed to respond to an open records request dated Sept. 25. Read the full article here.
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