Public Records Show ....

"Mayor Jerry Landcastle told then Planning Director Tom Black to allow a business to relocate from Bellingham without a cityrequired site plan, according to e-mails obtained in a public records request by The Bellingham Herald."

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/91080.html

Editorial Re: City Getting Slapped With Big Fine

"Anyone who doubts the power of the state’s open records law ought to take a look to the east at Spokane, where city fathers are learning the lesson the hard way." (Note: the Tacoma News-Tribune is editorializing about events in a city on the other end of the state. Newspapers care a lot about open government. Agencies should remember this.)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/73375.html

Seattle Times on Overstreet's Move from AG's to Allied Law Group

This story describes some of the things Rob McKenna and Greg Overstreet did during Greg's time as the open-government ombudsman.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003726973_overstreet30m.html

Overstreet Leaving AG's Office to Form Allied Law Group

Here is Postman's reporting on Greg's departure from the AG's Office. It provides some good information on Tim Ford, the terrific attorney and all-round good person replacing Greg as the open-government ombudsman. Tim will do a great job. I am so glad, but not surprised, that the Attorney General appointed someone like Tim who will keep the open-government mission alive and thriving.

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/davidpostman/archives/2007/05/new_open_records_chief_for_ag_mckenna.html

Public Records Show ...

According to the Tacoma News-Tribune, a high-level Tacoma School District official apparently had some hard-to-explain claims on her resume. Another story people probably would never have learned without prompt access to public records.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/66687.html

Candid Remarks About Open Government

The Bellingham Herald describes some of Greg's thoughts on open government.

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/291/v-print/story/82187.html