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Judge rules
Val-p violated
Sunshine Law
By TOM McLAUGHLIN
315-4435 | TomMnwfdn
[email protected]
Okaloosa Circuit Judge Thomas Remington came down hard Friday on Valparaiso,
and particularly hard on its former attorney
Doug Wyckoff, in ruling the City Commission
had violated Florida’s Sunshine Law.
“City attorneys are almost never recognized for their work in trying to serve and
protect their cities from liability,” attorney
Mike Chesser said in response to the ruling.
“I hope people don’t judge the work of city
attorneys by this episode.”
Chesser represented Valparaiso resident
Anthony Bradley, who sued Valparaiso in 2009
for allegedly violating the Sunshine Law.
Remington stated in his ruling that Wyckoff
and fellow attorney Chris Bentley made “an
intentional effort to avoid a public notice and a
public meeting” at which a controversial issue
— the filing of a Freedom of Information Act
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Teresa Adams
completes
prison sentence
Britain opens games with royalty and rock
L
ONDON (AP) — The queen and James Bond gave
the London Olympics a royal entrance like no other
Friday in an opening ceremony that rolled to the
rock of the Beatles, the Stones and The Who.
And the creative genius of Danny Boyle spliced it all
together.
Brilliant. Cheeky, too.
The highlight of the Oscar-winning director’s
$42 million show was pure movie magic, using trickery
to make it seem that Britain’s beloved 86-year-old Queen
Elizabeth II had parachuted into the stadium with the
nation’s most famous spy.
A short film showed 007 driving up to Buckingham
Palace in a black London cab and, pursued by her
majesty’s royal dogs — Monty, Willow and Holly, playing
themselves — meeting the queen, who played herself.
“Good evening, Mr. Bond,” she said.
They were shown flying in a helicopter over London
landmarks and a waving statue of Winston Churchill
AP
Actors perform in a sequence Friday meant to
represent Britain’s National Health Service during the
opening ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At
top, fireworks explode Friday above the iconic Tower
PLEASE SEE OLYMPICS | A6 Bridge over the River Thames in central London.
TOM McLAUGHLIN
315-4435 | @TomMnwfdn
[email protected]
Teresa Adams, the administrative director
under former Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris, has been released from federal
custody after completing her 36-month prison
sentence.
Adams’ freedom could be
short-lived, however. She still
faces a possible six-year state
prison sentence.
FBI agents arrested
Adams at the Sheriff ’s
Office’s administration building in Shalimar on Feb. 27,
2009. Morris was taken into
TERESA
custody by federal agents the
ADAMS
same day in Las Vegas.
The two, who had worked together since
Morris was elected in 1996, were charged
with concocting a bonus kickback scheme
in which certain employees received thousands of dollars in bonuses and were asked
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