The latest settlement came in a lawsuit filed by an 18-year-old Milford High School graduate who sued the city’s school board in 2018, claiming they sent a police officer to his home and banned him from schools and meetings because he criticized teachers’ political activity. Clermont governments pay $221k in suits over alleged secret meetings and silencing citizens A Cincinnati lawyer has collected $221,000 in settlements with Clermont County government bodies so far this year from lawsuits accusing leaders of illegally silencing citizens, meeting in secret and restricting access to public meetings. “Apparently I’m becoming the champion against bad government actions in Clermont County,” attorney Matt Miller-Novak said. “You have to wonder how many other people this has happened to. We’ll find out.” Miller-Novak has filed a string of lawsuits on behalf of concerned citizens who accuse their local governments of violating the Ohio Open Meetings Act. Four of them have recently ended with monetary settlements. The latest ... Continue reading... https://www.wcpo.com/clermont-gover...lleged-secret-meetings-and-silencing-citizens
