“Og-blog” stands for “open-government blog” and that’s what we do: tell people about open-government issues of interest to regular citizens, media, trade associations, and government agencies. We find interesting stories and court cases from Washington State and other places about the Public Records Act, Open Public Meetings Act, access-to-court rulings, and media law.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Public Records Brought Down $800,000 City Manager
This piece from Jason Mercier at the Washington Policy Center explains how that pesky Public Records Act allowed the public to learn of a city manager of a small and poor California city who makes an annual salary of almost $800,000.