An Emotional But Wrongheaded Proposal…
No one, for even a moment, wants to downplay or minimize the death of a police officer. But this sort of thing is a slippery, slippery slop, as the Columbus Dispatch points out: State Sen. Frank...
View ArticleWhen Lucy says she hasn’t seen anything this idiotic in a long time…that’s...
Image via Wikipedia From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, a shameless attempt to wring fees from data: Journalists have elbowed into Cuyahoga County’s dispute over the cost of CDs loaded with deeds and...
View ArticleRecords: Burn ‘Em If You Got ‘Em, Ohio Pol Says…
A troubling legislative proposal in FOI-Land often involves an isolated example, coupled with narrow self-interest. Here is a beauty in Ohio, courtesy of IndieOnline.com: A movement by some state...
View ArticleOhio Supreme Court denies fee-seeker dough
From the Columbus Dispatch: Following the lead of state lawmakers, the Ohio Supreme Court has forbidden the collection of damages for illegal destruction of public records when money, rather than...
View ArticleWant to Read a Great Column on Why FOI Matters?
Look no further than here. This, people, is why access to government information is no luxury, and can never, ever be taken for granted. Filed under: 1. Records that matter, 2. Doc state of mind, 6....
View ArticleOhio Auditor: State FOI Law Sickly…
Ohio Auditor Dave Yost figures that if his office can’t quickly obtain public records, the average Ohioan faces “pretty tough odds.” Yost today proclaimed that the “public records law in Ohio is alive,...
View ArticleOhio Launches New FOI Mediation Service
Citizens having problems getting public records from government agencies can now turn to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office for a new forum to resolve the dispute. Attorney General Mike DeWine on...
View ArticleOhio Grapples With A Secrecy Epidemic….
Nice overview piece on Ohio’s penchant for keeping secrets: Ohio legislators created an arson offender registry much like the state’s sex offender registry, supposedly to deter the crime. But unlike...
View ArticleCincy Enquirer Before State Supremes on Conviction Records Denial
The Cincinnati Enquirer is asking the Ohio Supreme Court to order a Butler County judge to release thousands of criminal-conviction records it contends are being illegally withheld. A judge has...
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