From Mercer Island Reporter: Those looking for a more transparent government are increasingly relying on public records to make it happen.
They hope the more documents they obtain, the clearer their view of what’s really going on behind closed doors in school districts, city halls and county buildings.
But there are those throughout the public sector convinced some of these Washingtonians are abusing the Public Records Act.
An alliance of government forces — whose members often are the targets of the records — tried unsuccessfully earlier this year to rewrite the act to make it easier to repel requesters whose motives they question.
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