Tri-City Herald Editorial on Taping Bill

The Tri-City Herald writes this editorial. They confront opponents of the taping bill with this little piece of logic:

"We have a question for elected officials in the Mid-Columbia: What are you afraid of? ...

"If you're all telling the truth about your strict compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act -- which is undoubtedly the case in the vast majority of executive sessions -- then a verbatim account of closed meetings would prove your innocence."