Editorial: A foot in the door
From Sunshine Review
April 18, 2009
[edit] Editorial: A foot in the door
"Pennsylvania's new open-records law has been anything but open since it took effect in January. And the blame starts at the top.
The situation has become so bad that Terry Mutchler, executive director of the state Office of Public Records, shared her concerns with Gov. Rendell in a very telling letter last month. It seems that the biggest scofflaws have been top state officials who have refused to comply with the new mandate.
Mutchler told the governor that lawyers in Rendell's office had advised every state agency to ignore her calls and insist that all requests be put in writing. She described their action as an 'anti-open-government spirit.'"
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