Sunshine Week Your Right to Know Open, Public Records Crucial to a Functioning Democracy
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › March 12, 2006
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The Journal Sentinel is joining newspapers across the country this week in reminding readers why open records and open meetings laws are essential to accountability and transparency in government. This newspaper will feature articles and opinion pieces on national, state and local issues that highlight the need for more openness.
On these pages, we'll start by citing an example in our backyard that came to light last week. A group of citizens in Greendale wrote that School Board and school district officials have spent taxpayers' money on frivolous items, such as a $10,000 trip for five, dinners at fancy restaurants and stays in pricey hotels.See the full content of this document
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Sunshine Week Your Right to Know Open, Public Records Crucial to a Functioning Democracy
The group, which has requested numerous documents through the state open records law in recent months, detailed it...
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