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Supervisors Meeting: Not All Transparency Looks the Same
An ordinary email of mine became part of the public record when it was read aloud in a tense boardroom. This post reflects on how process, power, and transparency collided—and how quiet procedural questions reshaped a highly political vote. Read More
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What the Public Needs to Know Before It Sells A County Asset
When curiosity revealed a consent agenda land sale sat on one of Front Royal’s busiest roads, Lewis Moten asked why its value had halved and urged clear appraisal, adjacency, and marketing data before Warren County sold public property to a buyer. Read More
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Royal Examiner: What’s at Stake Thursday? Is Transparency a Board Priority or a Slogan?
Supervisor Richard Jamieson casts the January 8 meeting as a defining choice between openness and retreat, arguing that reconsidering the Legal Services Transparency and Review Policy would weaken public trust by undoing requirements for written legal analysis, narrow closed sessions, and cost reporting. Read More
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Royal Examiner: Categorical Legal Cost Reporting Is Common Sense
Supervisor Richard Jamieson argues that quarterly, categorical legal-cost reporting will expose Warren County’s unusually high spending by showing who requests legal work and for what, while the response cautions that true accountability depends on fixing the underlying workflows, not just publishing expense totals. Read More
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Royal Examiner: Closed Sessions: The Standard We Should Meet
An article by Supervisor Jamieson defends strict FOIA-based limits on closed sessions through advance notice and written justification, while a process-focused response argues that compliance alone is insufficient unless governance systems reliably create durable, auditable records that prevent misuse and support real transparency. Read More
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Royal Examiner: Transparency, Meeting Rules, and Library Board Repeal Headline January 8 Supervisors Meeting
An article on the January 8 meeting highlights removal of a closed session, debate over the transparency policy, proposed rule changes, and a library board repeal, while a process-focused reflection shows how agenda structure and timing, not shifting values, determined who could participate and how effectively. Read More
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Royal Examiner: Why Legal Reasoning Behind Legislation Must Be Public Record
An article by Supervisor Jamieson argues that legislative legal analysis must be written and public under FOIA to support informed lawmaking, while a process-focused response cautions that documentation alone does not ensure accountability unless record creation, governance, and use are carefully engineered. Read More
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Royal Examiner: Transparency vs. Closed Doors: Warren County Policy Debate Heads Into the Spotlight
An interview with Supervisor Rich Jamieson outlines a transparency policy requiring public legal analysis and stricter closed-session rules, while a process-focused response cautions that real accountability depends on how information systems are designed, recorded, and preserved over time, not simply whether discussions occur in public or private. Read More
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Lewis Moten: Legal Policy
I agreed to have my views presented publicly, emphasizing accuracy and context. I clarified that my concerns focus on process, not opposition to transparency, and noted I was still evaluating whether additional policy layers were necessary beyond existing FOIA requirements. Read More
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Richard Jamieson: Perspective on the Legal Services Transparency and Review Policy
A follow-up email from a county supervisor continuing a detailed defense of the Legal Services Transparency policy. It adjusted recipients, noted undisclosed BCC distribution, removed reporters, and expanded a point-by-point rebuttal grounded in FOIA law, governance norms, and legislative transparency principles. Read More



