A Way to Discourage Illegal Secret Meetings

Dave Seago of the Tacoma News-Tribune's editorial page posts a short piece on the State Auditor's and Attorney General's joint-request bill to the Legislature on taping closed-to-the-public executive sessions of public meetings:

http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/oped?title=a_way_to_discourage_illegal_secret_meeti&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Passage of this bill in the 2008 legislative session would be an amazing improvement for open government in Washington state. To see why, browse here and read Open Meetings Gauntlet No. 1.