Public records should be public

October 22, 2008

[edit] Public records should be public

"Public records should be public, but all too often that's not the case here in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Public Records Law - the state's counterpart to the federal Freedom of Information Act - looks tough on paper, but is actually weak in practice."

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