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You can’t be an expert on everything

E ”Hey Cleland,” I said. ”I’ve only got a few
I .. s _ . questions. You got a minute? :2, 7

have to empathize with John McCain. £31)"; ”First “ I paused. ”I think I understand t

I don’t know a lot about economics. «L», most of what is going on and what you’re

Although I had heard of Fannie Mae and _ 30 _ 4’; accusing the landfill owners of doing ..” .5;

Freddie Mac, if those names came up in casual t,?;,§;%f "313?," he said. 5-

n conversation, I would probably associate them %$e%i ”OK,” I said, swallowing my pride and
, with characters from The Beverly Hillbillies. BY JOHN WHITLOCK Zeemeévfi embarrassment. ”What the heck is leachate?” t

_ For the average person, trying to wrap their KP A N KW“: The big guy laughed — loud, long and hard. .1

3 heads around the inner workings of high finance TWS / § ”John, leachate is simply garbage juice - all 3
and Wall Street can be a pretty daunting task, Bureau DH'GCtOI' \'v ‘1 the liquid that drains from What is put in the ‘

n Unless your television is stuck on CNBC, the landfill. It collects at the bottom of the garbage
average person probably has a lot of questions Is that some kind of . pile. That’s why there has to be a liner at the 5?.
about how the economy got in such a mess and French bug related to a regular leach? bottom to collect all the garbage jUice.”
if the actions of Congress will really help or “Leachate.” I With that simple explanation, an hour '5 .'

’ harm the financial outlook in the long term. It was a term never covered in my journalism worth 0f notes suddenly fell into place. t

Jr. . For most people, the struggles of day-to-day class. I felt pretty dumb. F
living take center stage to the inner workings 0t I started listening very intently, trying to fig— His laugh had drawn the attention 0t the t:
the free market. ure out what the heck they were talking about other board members. NOW' everyone smiled at

Most journalists aren’t much different than so feverishly. the novice reporter. f

it civilians in this instance. The major media has Since 1 was the only member of the media Ihated those smiles. i -.

Id plenty 0t experts who ttVe/ eat and breath all or the public attending the meeting, I couldn’t After that, I made a simple rule for myself ‘ it t i
this FDIC, golden parachute, SUb prime market nudge a neighbor and ask them what the heck I didn’t understand something ' no matter how i
meltdown stuff. they were talking about. seemingly trivial - I would find out as soon as g

; Ilike to think 1 have a decent understanding Whatever it was, it apparently was quite possible even if it meant causing a minor dis-
of the situation but I would certainly have a dangerous and was sparking a lot of debate traction to a meeting.
tough time writing an in-depth piece about the among the board members and the landfill Newspaper readers don’t expect a commu—
situation. owners’ representative. nity journalist to know the ins and outs of Wall .

For a reporter at a Kentucky community I started getting the impression that I was Street finance. They want to read reports from "i

(e newspaper, as the 01d saying goes, you must be over my head, drowning in leachate - whatever someone who does have a good understanding 3t- t;

a jack of all trades and a master of none. that might be. 0f the subject matter. f

_. 1_-:—r-—......When .1 was a young reporter in Corbin, I For nearly an hour, the debate continued As newsrooms across the state are asked to r
t was directed to cover the monthly meeting back and forth with each side tossing out accu— do more With less, following one Of the basic t f
Of The Whitley County Solid Waste AthSOtY sations of leachate leaks, inadequate protection rules 0t journalism is more important than ever 1' t

2 Board. The group’s mission was to oversee the measures against leachate invasion and allega- ' it you don’t understand the subject, you can’t it
operation Of a local landfill local in a tiny bend tions the owners didn’t care if members of the explain it to the public. } V
th the road called Woodbine. community were harmed by leachate transgres— It was hard for the to stand up in front Of

The landfill had been closed at least one time sions. all those People I barely knew and 35k SUCh an E .
and the relationship between the board and the At this point, I was pretty sure leachate was obvious question. '3 ‘
ownership was shaky at best. The Blob from the old horror movie with Steve BUt I knew it had to be done. Sometimes, you -.

There had been allegations that chemicals McQueen. can craft a story that hides your ignorance, lack
from the landfill had been found in drinking After exhausting each other with accusations 0t research or failure to ask the obvious ques-
water from members 0t the board. and counter-charges, the meeting broke up and ttOh' fl’ ,

A spokesman from the landfill owners the members mingled with each other as the But eventually’ you’ll get busted for it'
claimed leachate was being contained by a state landfill representative quickly skipped out. 50 if YOU ever find yourself in a similar situ—

ty t Of the art lining system Prior to the commence- After an hour of sitting there taking notes, it ation, swallow your pride and ask the question. it" .‘
ment of deposit. came time to reveal my ignorance. The readers, the editors and the public will f ;

1, Somewhere in my head, someone said I walked up to one member of the board thank you for it' r
’Huh?” who also happened to serve on the Corbin City Like drinking or drug abuse, admitting you ; ‘

”Leachate?” " Commission. He was a big guy — friendly, loud ' have a problem 15 the first step. 3 ‘

and outspoken.

. from the treasurer and secretary of state on their mutual understanding on the expectations and types 3; t

' MlLLER current smaller models to provide public data in of information that would be included in our trans- ;; f
_ the transition, and to hear from government experts parency efforts. 7
Contlnued from page 1 about the challenges and legal limitations that will 0 Finance’s Office of General Counsel has been

rk define the Task Force’s work. in communication with state agencies to identify .

k under state law. 0 Since the June 19 meeting, executed let- any specific types of information which need to i

' This Will include data available under the Open ters of acceptance have been requested from the be protected and would be excluded from public . i

c— Records Act, but exclude data that is ”protected” Transportation Cabinet, the Auditor of Public View. Examples would include: settlements which , t”

.g pursuant to appllcable state, federal law, policy/pro- Accounts, and the Finance and Administration have a specific legal obligation not to be disclosed, _ ,t

t cedures. Cabinet to allow the State Treasurer’s Office to pro— payments to victims of crime, and any payments to ~' ‘

~ ' The current and previous two fiscal years Of ceed with uploading their data live into the V.I.E.W. individuals protected by federal privacy or confiden- '
data will be made available. application. tiality laws. .

( ' Citizens Will he able to access data-by agency Once these final letters of acceptance have been

i2; ahe by category (Wlth drltt'dOWh capabllltles t0 spe— received in the next few weeks, the application will Assignment for , ,

'd c1f1c vendor payments); and by vendor. be placed in production and made live at www. Task Force Members: ': I

't kytreasury.com. ' At the June 19 meeting, all Task Force members , __

' Progress 0 The state Controller’s Office has completed its were asked to review e-transparency models in other

' on June 19/ the Task Force held its first meeting preliminary interviews with all state agencies, and is states to advise the Task Force on elements and fea— '

to outline the governor '5 vision, to take testimony circulating letters of understanding which provide a tures for Kentucky’s final plan.

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Teacher hearings can be closed door
3 The question below was fielded recently by would be public. And second, the teacher said
3 L your KPA Hotline attorneys. In the event you F I I that she had no objection to the reporter’s pres-
have questions of your own, you may direct rom a ega anmw‘f‘ih‘ffi ence at the hearing.
them to the attorneys listed below. 2‘ ”33:; This, in turn, raised other interesting ques-
5 ' t d I t t tions. Clearly, either the state education depart—
_ Q. When I was at the Board of Education S an pOIn 3 4;: . K ment or the hearing officer was asleep at the
‘ recently on a Friday, I happened to overhear ~33?” :41 wheel. Assuming that this was to be an open
. someone mention that a ”tribunal” was being B J A (3“: :3 3% hearing, exactly when and how was the public
2 conducted the following Monday to consider the Y “AMES DAMS ' ‘ ' and the press SUPPOSGd to find Ollt about thiS?
board’s action firing a teacher. When I inquired, Dmsmore Sgt. (The legislature has some blame here, too. The
p the superintendent indicated that the meeting 8: ShOhl LLP : statute creating the tribunal makes no provision
5‘ would be Closed to the press and the public. Is for notice to the public.)
é that proper? And, what made the school superintendent ‘
‘ A. Possibl . However, a careful examination so sure that the hearing was goin to be closed
of this situatilbn -- along with another that has If yo u have a ny leg a I -— especially considering that the gdecider,” the .. l
; led to litigation in Spencer County ~~ makes it . teacher, at that point was still unaware that she ‘
‘ : clear that some school officials around the state ‘ q U EST I O n S, I was the decider. (As it turned out, after taking ‘ z
may be operating with some mistaken impres- ’ " . the weekend to think it over, the teacher changed
» sions‘iabout when a""disciplin'ary" matter may, ca I I t h e KPA h Otl I n e - her mind and on Monday opted for a closed
and may not; be the basis for'closing a meeting hearing.)
5 to the ublic. - . In any event, the lesson for journalists is
. Beczliuse these two controversies arose in close atto rn eyS ' this -- when a state tribunal convenes to hear a
SUCCESSiOIL we think that it may be wise for jour— Jon L. Fleischaker: 502-540-2319 teacher’s answer to a termination notice from a .
: nahsts around the state to refresh the1r knowl- R. Kenyon Meyer: 502_540_2325 school superintendent, 1t is the teacher, not the
. edge of some of the law governlng when a per- school superlntendent, who has the final say on
sonnel matter" may be cited as a proper ground Ashley C. Pack: 502640—2385 whether you and the public may attend.
for closing a meeting —- and when it may not be. Jeremy S. Rogers: 502-540-2384 At the same time that the above controversy
V The ”tribunal” that sparked the telephone call was brew1ng, an 1nterna1 fight was heatlng up
9 is a somewhat unusual creature of state statute. . . . . . . within the Spencer County Board of Education
KRS 161.790 rovides that where a superinten— : over a closed session the board held in June. The
"'"“ ' g.“ . . identsnotif-ies'igteacher tlaa-tethe teacherflsecont-ract “QINSMOREgt‘ SHOHLLLP . purpose: discussionof the performance evalua-
f- is being terminated, the teacher may answer the Switchboard: 502-540—2300 tion of the school superintendent. '
i charge in a hearing before a three-member tribu- - Facsimile' 502-585-2207 The board vice-chair, Sandra Lee Clevenger, .
g nal. ' ' protested the closing, and won. In August, the
g The tribunal, however, is not a creation of the attorney general, in an Open Meetings Decision
2 school board. Rather, the statute provides that ' (08-OMD-165, available on the Web site of the
I; the three members are to be appointed by the attorney general, http: / / ag.ky.gov) held that the
: state education commissioner. most things, there is a catch. board improperly invoked the ”personnel mat-
; The commissioner also names a fourth person, The statute creating the tribunal takes the ter” exception to the Open Meetings Act, and
. a hearing officer, who does not have a vote but question of openness away from the Open violated the act by meeting in secret.
i- rules on procedural questions. Meetings Act by providing explicitly that “the The decision held that a meeting can be closed to
l At the hearing, the school district acts more hearing may be public or private at the discretion discuss appointment, discipline or dismissal -- see
I or less as prosecutor, presenting the case for ter— of the teacher.” KRS 61.810(1)(f) —— but “general personnel matters,”
V3 mination. The teacher puts forth a defense. The After checking with us about the above stat- including the performance review of a school superin-
». hearing officer presides, much like a judge, and ute, the reporter then did what good reporters do tendent, cannot be the basis for closing a meeting of a
; the three tribunal members serve as triers of fact, -- he called the teacher to ask if she had chosen a school board. The board also violated the act by fail—
: much like a jury. public or private hearing. ing to state publicly its reason for going into closed
. _ It was just such a ”tribunal” that the reporter The reporter learned two interesting things. session with sufficient specificity.
( who made the above Hotline call happened to First, three days before the hearing was sched- The school board, unhappy with this outcome,
n stumble upon. So, can such a meeting be open to uled to happen, the teacher was unaware that filed a complaint Sept. 9 in Spencer Circuit Court
ii the public? As we said above: Yes. But, as with she had the ability to decide whether the hearing against Ms. Clevenger, appealing the decision.
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. Slander case dlsmlssed agalnst newspaper
BY STEPHEN LEGA judge that this lawsuit was without merit.” sentence on Nichols in February of 2002.
LEBANON ENTERPRISE Nichols filed a complaint last month based on an He is serving his sentence at the Eastern Kentucky
advertisement published in the Aug. 17, 2007, edi- Correctional Complex in West Liberty.
A defamation claim against The Lebanon tion of the newspaper. The ad in question was purchased in memory of
K Enterprise has been dismissed. I-Ie accused the newspaper of ”slander, defama- Wright by his parents and siblings and appeared in
On Sept. 5, Marion Circuit Judge Doughlas George tion of character and emotional distress.” the classifieds section.
signed an order dismissing the claim filed by con- The ad was printed in memory of Joshua Kenneth The copy of the ad indicated that Wright’s family
victed murderer David Nichols against the newspa- Wright who died Aug. 19, 2000, at the age of 18, after still miss him, and they are still upset that he is gone.
per, Editor / General Manager Stevie L. Daugherty, Nichols stabbed him in the chest. A section of the ad notes that Nichols is the person
Advertising Manager Mary Anne Blair and the Testimony at trial showed that Wright was attempt- who ended Wright’s life.
insurance company providing coverage to the other ing to help another man when Nichols stabbed him. Jim Adams, the attorney for the Enterprise, argued
defendants. Nichols was convicted of wanton murder in January that truth is a defense against defamation, and since
”I had no doubt that the court would dismiss the of 2002, and the jury recommended a life sentence. nothing printed about Nichols was untrue, his com-
lawsuit quickly,” Daugherty said. ”I agree with the Marion Circuit Judge Doughlas George imposed that plaint should be dismissed.

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