Pizza Gathering Apparently Not an Illegal Meeting

You have to love a news story that leads with this:

"A gathering of five Sumner City Council members caused a flurry of activity in late October, including a police report and an anonymous anchovy pizza delivery."

Read all about it.

DSHS Must Pay $525,000 in Public Records Case

Wow.

An amazing story.

Jefferson County: "Closed Gov't Capital of Washington"

This brutal editorial in the Port Townsend Leader calls out Jefferson County officials by name who have been hiding public records. Excellent reading.

The editorial discusses Jefferson County Commissioner Sullivan's costly stand for "pizza privacy." The background on that issue is covered here.

Walla Walla Union Bulletin Editorial on Release of Metadata

This is a great editorial and explains an otherwise complicated issue very clearly.

New Agency to Hear Public Records Complaints?

This article in The Olympian looks at a recommendation of the Attorney General's/State Auditor's task force on creating an administrative remedy for public records disputes.

George Will Column on Why R-71 Signatures Should Be Withheld

This column by George Will argues for the withholding of the R-71 signatures.