BC- Previously posted was a piece on having “deep pockets” in order to afford the public info being asked for…but while that in itself is definitely “elitist” when it comes to dividing the public from freedom of access to the information that is to be readily available…Government purposely holding up the flow of requested information is not to be tolerated and should be seen as a dangerous way to proceed with decisions made going forward..keeping concerned citizens out of the mix…for the administrations to do as they please…
Visiting Chicago…It’s front page news….in the Chicago Tribune in today’s Sunday issue…
Excerpts….
‘Thom Rae wants to know why his town is spending $1 million to keep a second-run theater afloat.
Kevin and Anne Barber want to know what happened to the principal who forced their 8th grader and his classmates to kneel painfully on a gym floor during a lecture on respect.
Patricia and Joel Garza want to know why so many secrets surround the investigation into the crash that killed their grown son.
‘They all want answers. The answer they all got was “no.”
In Illinois, getting a public record is a frustrating labyrinth of excuses, delays and denials.
Public servants have all the tools they need to keep a grip on information that rightly belongs to the people, whether it’s a police report, a principal’s disciplinary file or a spending plan, a Tribune examination has found.’
Full text link below-
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-secret-governmentmay03,0,6165368.story
