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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Kessler, McKenna Honored for Open Gov't Work

This article in the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader describes the Freedom's Light Award given to Rep. Lynn Kessler (D) and Attorney General Rob McKenna (R) by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association.

In the article, both Kessler and McKenna describe why open government matters to people's lives, especially that little thing about a well-informed media being able to keep government accountable.