This piece by Bill Will of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association is dynamite.
Here is our favorite part: "The result? Too often, it's secret (and illegal) meetings out of earshot of dissenting voices and stubborn refusals to turn over documents to curious constituents. Don't like it? Sue us. And, oh, we'll be represented in court by a lawyer your tax dollars are paying for. You're free to hire counsel on your own dime."
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- TNT Editorial on R-71 Case
- Wenatchee World Column on R-71 Case
- Kitsap Sun on Open Meetings
- Transcript of R-71 Oral Argument in U.S. Supreme C...
- Summary of R-71 Argument in US Supreme Court
- (Everett) Herald Editorial on R-71
- Anti-Dislcosure Op-Ed on R-71 Case
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- TNT Editorial on R-71 Case
- TNT Explains Why It Obtains Public Salary Database
- Video Tape a Public Meeting, Go to Jail
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- Public Records Show ... SEC Staff Viewing Porn Dur...
- Tri-City Herald Editorial on Benton Clean Air Auth...
- McKenna Prepares to Argue R-71 Case in U.S. Suprem...
- Spokesman Blog on Secretive Legislature
- EFF Sues State Ferry Agency for Drug and Alcohol T...
- (Longview) Daily News Editorial on Special Privile...
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- Legislative Speed Readers
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- Elma Proposes a Brand New Kind of Meeting: a "Clos...
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- They Work For Us
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