Tag: Max Kautsch
Council Grove mayor threatens to cancel real estate leases with homeowners
Homeowners with houses built on ground leased from the City of Council Grove, Kansas, around a city-owned lake, are being…
Crawford County Commission declines to answer questions about apparent KOMA violations
The Crawford County Commission is refusing to answer questions about possible violations of the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA) by…
Legal experts savage the Marion County Record affidavit
Two Kansas legal experts are not mincing words about the affidavit used to secure the search warrant that led to…
Newton Board of Education appears to have violated KOMA
The Newton USD 373 Board of Education appears to have violated the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA) during a special…
Kansas Supreme Court: KORA requires production of electronic records
A recent Kansas Supreme Court decision has put public records custodians on notice — under the Kansas Open Records Act…
Kansas Open Records exemption allows elected officials to avoid scrutiny
Changes to the Kansas Open Records Act intended to close a loophole preventing the use of private emails to circumvent…
City of Frontenac won’t comply with Open Records requests
Earlier this year, the City of Frontenac in southeast Kansas requested $3,500 to provide documentation surrounding the secretive dismissal of…