From Punderbund.com:
Today is the third day of Sunshine Week, 2013 and while many of us are writing about the importance of open government and access to public information, Ohio’s Republicans are working furiously behind the scenes to try to restrict that access.
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From Gallipolis Daily Tribune:
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has released his office’s 2013 edition of “Ohio Sunshine Laws: An Open Government Resource Manual,” also known as the “Yellow Book.” The release of the updated manual coincides with the start of National Sunshine Week, taking place from March 10-16.
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From Plunderbund.com:
Yesterday kicked off Sunshine Week, a national event aimed at highlighting “the importance of open government and freedom of information.”
Ohio’s Republicans celebrated by trying to negotiate a compromise over how much information they will be hiding from the public related to the finances of JobsOhio.
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Opinion from Zanesville Times Recorder:
Welcome to Sunshine Week — a time created to draw public attention to the issue of freedom of information. The first Sunshine Sunday was declared in Florida in 2002, when newspapers across that state agreed to publish editorials and articles on government openness on the same day. It was the Sunday before James Madison’s birthday.
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Opinion from The Columbus Dispatch:
It’s time for the Ohio General Assembly to kill the stealth exemption.
The stealth exemption is a nickname for a series of misguided rulings by the Ohio Supreme Court in interpreting Ohio’s open-records law, our most potent catalyst for accountable government.
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From The Columbus Dispatch:
Today marks the beginning of Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote government transparency and citizen access to public records and meetings.
Unfortunately, the forecast for openness in Ohio is growing cloudier.
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Editorial from Dennis Hetzel, executive director of the Ohio Newspaper Association:
Every year, Sunshine Week underscores the importance of open government across the nation. It is a perfect moment to share concerns in Ohio about ever-growing exceptions to an open records law that should ensure you have access to information about what your government officials do and how well they do it.
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From Vindy.com:
If the current state of public-records law were a student, Ohio should be worried that the once-star pupil is now in danger of failing, a First Amendment lawyer said late this week.
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From Toledo Blade:
COLUMBUS — If the current state of public records law were a student, Ohio should be worried that the once-star pupil is now in danger of failing, a First Amendment lawyer said Thursday.
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