tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2829147385409918385..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: "The light of day is good ... but": Attack on open records worsens in 2007Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-184696954326554712007-05-08T08:28:00.000-05:002007-05-08T08:28:00.000-05:00Not all that transpires at a public meeting is "a ...Not all that transpires at a public meeting is "a matter of public record". In Oregon we theoretically have access to public meetings. However, I have repeatedly brought up a complaint about the curriculum about the school lying to kids about drugs via equivocation. <BR/> The school board has never made a record of my complaint. They have never even address any of allegations or offered any explanations - for public record - of why they refuse to divulge the lack of studies done prior to criminalization of any drug. They just keep this complaint from public view. Furthermore the local paper - that published a complaint about "bad words" in a play brought up outside the meeting by someone who had never actually seen the play - refuses to publicize my legitimate complaint.<BR/> If it involves "widely acceptable" chicanery, the media will participate in covering up details of public meetings. The pick and choose what they believe to be newsworthy - and it often involves covering up lies.JT Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571868033521182864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-60334589584123914022007-05-08T08:11:00.000-05:002007-05-08T08:11:00.000-05:00Amazing how those elected quickly forget the funda...Amazing how those elected quickly forget the fundamental philosophy of government in this Land. <BR/><BR/>Here it is in BLACK LETTER LAW of the Open Records Act - TX Gov. Code:<BR/> <BR/>ยง 552.001. POLICY; CONSTRUCTION. <BR/> (a) Under the fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of <BR/>representative government that adheres to the principle that government is the servant and not the master of the people, ....<BR/><BR/>The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to implement this policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-4175773150291563622007-05-07T10:06:00.000-05:002007-05-07T10:06:00.000-05:00There is "alarm" on the part of many people regard...There is "alarm" on the part of many people regarding their privacy rights and the possible violation of personal privacy. The courts have ruled time and time again that public figures i.e., movie stars, politicians and public employees do not enjoy the same right to privacy as others in our society.<BR/><BR/>Challenges to laws preventing public access to government information are costly and more importantly time consuming. A tremendous amount of wrongdoing can take place while waiting for bad laws to be ruled unconstitutional.<BR/><BR/>Our current President has used this tatic in the past and is paying for it now. The treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo is an example. Law makers can learn a valuable lesson from all that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com