Tag: Open Meeting Law
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Elbert County officials quietly settle open-meeting lawsuit
Nearly six months after a group of residents filed a lawsuit in district court, alleging the Elbert County Board of Commissioners had given two senior county employees hefty employment contracts outside the public’s view, the county quietly settled the case in exchange for payment of attorney fees. Steven D. Zansberg, attorney for the plaintiffs, confirmed…
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Elbert County Sheriff sues County Commissioners, citing overreaching patterns of harassment and retaliation
It’s the second time County Commissioners have been sued in as many weeks.
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Elbert County sued over alleged open meetings violation in $220,000 contracts for manager, attorney
A group of residents has filed a lawsuit in district court alleging that the Elbert County Board of Commissioners gave two senior county employees hefty employment contracts outside the public’s purview. The legal action, filed on Thursday morning, lists the county board and commissioners Chris Richardson, Dallas Schroeder, and Grant Thayer as defendants in their…
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Proposal to repeal new law exempting lawmakers from open meetings statutes withdrawn
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara has withdrawn a ballot measure aimed at repealing a new law that exempted lawmakers from the state’s open meetings statutes. Caldara said obtaining 124,000 signatures to put Initiative No. 287 on the November ballot and the campaign to win voters’ approval would…