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Neighborhood Dispute Leads to Open Meetings Law Violations

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· Story link Two township supervisors in Minnesota were fined a total of $4,000 and barred from their public posts…

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Two township supervisors in Minnesota were fined a total of $4,000 and barred from their public posts for three years for violating the state’s open meetings law. The court found they had eight secret meetings to discuss a land dispute between one of the supervisors and his neighbor. (10/31/05)

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