January 11, 1999 Meeting Minutes

Members Present
Dave Aeikens, president; Steve LeBeau, president-elect; Mike Knaak, treasurer; Kathleen Hansen, secretary; Judith Borger, Lucy Dalglish, Mike Dougherty, Jim Durkin, Gary Hill, Jay Maxwell, board members; Bob Franklin, FOI adviser

Thanks to Jim Durkin for hosting the meeting and providing refreshments.

FOI Report
Dalglish discussed the December 20 arrest and equipment seizure of photographer Richard Bancroft. Bancroft was the only journalist who witnessed and photographed a police raid at the site of a Highway 55 expansion protest. He has retained attorney Mark Gehan to help prepare a suit to be filed in federal court. Read the rest of this entry »