Bill seeks to halt records 'fishing'
From Sunshine Review
February 11, 2009
[edit] Bill seeks to halt records 'fishing'
"The state Public Records Act of 1972 says its terms should be liberally applied to all citizens, but Sen. Mike Carrell, R-Lakewood, thinks the law may be too liberal.
Carrell said it "isn't appropriate" to allow certain individuals unlimited access to public records, comparing what has been deemed excessive public record gathering to overfishing a sea of information. The ones doing the overfishing, he said, are those serving time in correctional facilities in Washington state.
Carrell is the prime sponsor of a Senate Bill 5130, which would allow agencies to ask a court to enjoin public records requests made by prisoners in state correctional facilities in order to put a stop to what critics say are a flood of both ridiculous and dangerous requests."
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