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Suddenly, the Public Records Law, is the talk of the town!
F.O.I.A.
This editor utilized Public Records Requests to bring down the imbeciles at TV3.
Now you've got Councilor Michael Marks, Jeanne Martin, Mike Ruggiero and others following the lead of Medford Info Central
TODAY FOIA is all over the Boston area news!!!
CBS
News
Keller @ Large: How Would You Fix Public Records Law?
July 21, 2015 8:00 AM
BOSTON (CBS) – They’re getting ready to move on a long-overdue updating of the public records law
in Massachusetts, after years of having one of the nation’s most
toothless systems of allowing public access to the workings of the
government we pay for.
After many wonderful experiences over the years with having my legal and reasonable freedom of information requests met with endless delays and absurdly exaggerated fees when they weren’t being outright ignored, I applaud the effort to crack down on stonewalling bureaucrats who just don’t get it.
And I support the right of non-media members to have reasonable access to the truth of how their taxes are being spent.
But there’s a problem.
The group that represents cities and towns is in a panic over the potential costs of the new law, in part because of what they say is a pattern of “being harassed by disgruntled residents” with repeated public records requests.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/21/keller-large-how-would-you-fix-public-records-law/
Boston Globe and other media
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=public+records+boston&oq=public+records+boston&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.7033.10057.0.10251.21.9.0.12.12.0.114.874.4j5.9.0...0.0...1ac.1.-Dw70i0x0hE
in Massachusetts, after years of having one of the nation’s most
toothless systems of allowing public access to the workings of the
government we pay for.After many wonderful experiences over the years with having my legal and reasonable freedom of information requests met with endless delays and absurdly exaggerated fees when they weren’t being outright ignored, I applaud the effort to crack down on stonewalling bureaucrats who just don’t get it.
And I support the right of non-media members
to have reasonable access to the truth of how their taxes are being spent.But there’s a problem.
The group that represents cities and towns is in a panic over the potential costs of the new law, in part because of what they say is a pattern of “being harassed by disgruntled residents” with repeated public records requests.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/21/keller-large-how-would-you-fix-public-records-law/
Boston Globe and other media
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=public+records+boston&oq=public+records+boston&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.7033.10057.0.10251.21.9.0.12.12.0.114.874.4j5.9.0...0.0...1ac.1.-Dw70i0x0hE
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