Arizona Tax Board Open Meeting Law Test
The Arizona Board of Tax Appeals faces a court test over whether its proceedings must be open to the public under the open meetings law. The Arizona Press Club, aided by the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, argues meetings should be public, while Board Chairman Charles Moody contends the board functions like a court and is exempt. Moody fears open discussion would hinder deliberations, a view echoed by many governing bodies seeking secrecy. The case argues that tax appeals decisions should be made in public to prevent favoritism and dishonesty, aligning with democratic ideals since Magna Carta.
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Arizona Board of Tax Appeals
Arizona Press Club
Arizona Center For Law
Arizona
Press Club
Charles Moody
Board of Tax Appeals
Moody
John
Panama Canal Jurisdiction Debate In Pan American Policy Review
The text reviews a 1969 agreement with Panama that would end U S exclusive Canal Zone jurisdiction within 30 to 50 years. It argues the canal is an obsolete enclave and stresses maintaining defense while ceding operation. It criticizes Reagan and Ford for demagoguery and warns against breaking the accord to protect future Latin American friendship.
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United States
Republic of Panama
Canal Zone
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Canal
Latin America
Ronald Reagan
Panama
Ford
Transbus clash taints GM White House bus plan
A confidential federal study alleges General Motors and the White House blocked upgrading buses to protect GM profits. The Transbus program, funded since 1971, was scrapped by the White House, shifting future bus contracts to GM and threatening mass transit gains for the handicapped. The report notes GM's dominance and funding cuts to Transbus, while hearings on the imbroglio were set.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
General Motors
White House
Stanford University
Transbus
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
American General
Rohr Industries
American
Rohr
Three Victories In Environmental Battles Promote Conservation
Environmentalists celebrated three successes last month as Interior Secretary Kleppe linked North Carolina's New River to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, utilities dropped plans for the Kaiparowits coal plant in Utah, and the Corps denied dredging permits for Marco Island Florida. Yet legal and congressional hurdles loom as EIS foes challenge precedents and Breaux's 404 amendment risks reduce wetlands oversight.
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Edward Flattau
Interior
Thomas Kleppe
North Carolina
New River
Kaiparowits
Utah
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Marco Island
Florida
United States
National Parks and Recreation
American Electric Power Co
Kleppe
California
Futhermore
Deltona Corp
House Public Works Committee
John Breaux
D-La
Congress
Corps
Deltona
Breaux
Louisiana
House
Jim Wright
Dtex
Senate
Africa Policy gag brings mock quarrel to light
In a Howard K. Hoppe style sketch, two men debate a made up Africa Policy. The punchline centers on Cold War bravado and Churchillian self importance as they joke about Rhodesia Cuba and Shirley Temple.
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Rhodesia
Henry
Shirley Temple
Ronnie
Jerry
Miami
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Philip Gegelin
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Shirley Povich
Milton Vierst
Russell Wiggins
Graham
Eugene Meyer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Capitol Hill
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Erwin R. Schmerling
Cornell
Michael C. Kelly
Matthew McHugh
Dn.y
Space Agency
Schmerling
Nathan Miller
George Washington
Pentagon
Defense Intelligence Agency
Scottsdale Progress
Jonathan Marshall
Jerry McElfresh
H.E
Hal’ Metcalf
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
E. Earls Dr
Scottsdale
Ariz
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Audit Bureau of
Mil Aciz
South Africa
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Africa
Jerrry
Ghana
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