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The Record received 90 heavily redacted pages from the governor’s office in response to a lawsuit seeking emails pertaining to planning for the Harrison PATH ceremony held 3 days after the Bridgegate scandal broke. Mercer County Judge Mary C. Jacobson rejected the administration’s claim that the communications were exempt as “advisory, consultative or deliberative” or Read More …
Interesting issue: Should records requested under OPRA be kept confidential if records containing the same type of information are publicly available online, through the Federal Election Commission in this case? – NJFOG UPDATE (12/17/2015): A New Jersey appeals court ruled in favor of Gov. Chris Christie’s office today in a dispute over a reporter’s request for the governor’s out-of-state Read More …
By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog Re-printed in NJ Spotlight September 9, 2015 Full article here. Gov. Chris Christie lost another court battle in his attempt to keep secret a key cog in his taxpayer-funded publicity machine. Superior Court Judge Mary C. Jacobson denied the New Jersey governor’s plea for a stay pending a Read More …