There's nothing in the law that says they have to give 24-hour notice. |
They weigh the issues, the competing interests, and make clear decisions on what might be a good bill and what might be a bad bill. They pay attention. Most of the bad bills do die. |
Typically, a false-light case would be a story about sexually transmitted diseases in high schools, and you have a photo of a high school cheerleader to illustrate the story. You wouldn't have to say that the cheerleader had an STD for her to sue and claim that you depicted her in a false light. |
We could do it better, couldn't we? And I'm right here. |
We wanted to see that things had gotten better. The compliance was the same as it was. |
We wanted to see what happened when the average citizen goes in and makes a public-records request. |
We're hoping for 100 percent compliance, it's a very simple thing. It's the lack of information, and lack of understanding and education. |
Who gets paid $100 an hour? The extensive-use fee is supposed to be based on the actual cost incurred. |
Women voting in the community outnumber the men. We have to realize that we hold the power. |
You can't have a democracy without an open government. |
You can't have a democracy without open government. People use open records every day, even if they don't realize it. |