Archive for the ‘Open Records’ Category

Right-to-Know Expanded: Inquirer Wins Chester Community Charter

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Right-to-Know Expanded Inquirer Wins access to profit and loss records at Chester Community Charter, Vaughan Gureghian is owner of the largest for-profit charter school in the state, Chester Community Charter School. This is very interesting development concerning disclosing data on Charter Schools. This is part of a series of decisions ...

Open Records and Terry Mutchler

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Open Records and Terry Mutchler April 10, 2009   Governor Ed Rendell has had a flawless record of appointing compliant hacks to key positions in his Administration until now. Inquirer’s Friday article on Terry Mutchler’s disagreements with the Administration indicates that the Governor Rendell has faltered and seems to have appointed ...

Open Records Executive Director vs. Governor

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="307" caption="Terry Mulcher"][/caption] To the Editor Post Gazette   Re Open-records czar rebuffed Rendell appointee says state agencies are on notice to ignore her calls  (Saturday,  April 11, 2009)                        The Post-Gazette’s news report indicates that Terry Mutchler, Executive Director of Pennsylvania’s Open Records Office, seems to competently and honestly execute her ...

Pennsylvania Open Records Sources

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

The Pennsylvania Open Records Office is here , Terry Mutchler, Executive Director, and the Open Records Law  and Sunshine Law are here along with copy of Pennsylvania Constitution. Executive Director Mutchler and her staff have set up an exemplary site to help the public get public information from the government.   The ...

Gerlach Campaign Contributions

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Open Secrets lists three term US Representative Jim Gerlach’s Career Campaign Contributions, that is form 2004 through 2008. Surprisingly, Representative Gerlach received $220,000 from labor unions, 5% of his total campaign contributions, including building trades  unions. Not what many would have thought in 2004 when he ran for first time ...