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Judge Orders E-Mails on Council Members’ Home Computers Retrieved

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· Story link A circuit judge in Venice, Florida ordered three city council members to let a computer expert retrieve…

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A circuit judge in Venice, Florida ordered three city council members to let a computer expert retrieve government-business e-mails from their home computers. The e-mails are at the core of a suit alleging the council members violated the state’s open meetings law. Judge Robert Bennett said he was concerned that the records could otherwise be lost. (6/19/08)

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