Another Win for Transparency In Court Cases Demanding information about BHPSNJ Practices In a massive win for transparency, Attorney Walter Luers represented a Berkeley Heights resident in an OPRA...
The Berkeley Heights Public School District's Issues with Releasing Public Records Continues... A while back I wrote a rather difficult-to-follow article that attempted to outline the games being...
Committee Meeting Minutes, Executive Session Minutes and Board Correspondence for September 2023 Here are the Committee Meeting minutes for September 2023 that we asked for on October 13, 2023. The...
Now that there has been a pause to overhauling OPRA and OPMA - let's take the opportunity to make both laws better.
I would argue that one of BHCW's most significant accomplishments is the...
The Rules Surrounding Transparency Continue to Not Matter.... I recently wrote about an exchange involving my own OPRA request, and I have received more information about how OPRA requests have been...
Questions surround recent board decisions and superintendent recommendations...
The Berkeley Heights BOE may be taking advantage of having a new Business Administrator in place, who has not yet had...
A recent example Illustrating why OPRA Laws Cannot be Weakened I am posting this conversation to illustrate how the District responds to basic requests for information. My email starts with a request...
A significant and welcome update on our efforts in asking state representatives to pause any effort for OPRA reform to the next legislative session. BHCW was copied on an email from Mayor Devanney to...
Since learning about potential changes to OPRA in June of this year, we have been reaching out to the Mayor and members of the Town Council in connection to concerns we have about harmful changes to...
