Posted in Open Records on Jun 8th, 2007 No Comments »
One of the things I have been trying to do of late with this blog is to keep you all updated with as full a sampling as possible of right-to-know stories, articles and editorials from around the state. Since so much is happening on this front right now, this exercise can produce pretty long postings […]
Posted in Open Records on Jun 7th, 2007 1 Comment »
There is so much activity across the state right focused on open records reform that it is almost impossible to keep up with it.
What is more important is to make sure we keep it up.
Because while a lot of good things are happening – most recently and importantly Sen. Dominic Pileggi’s announcement that he will […]
Posted in Open Records on Jun 6th, 2007 No Comments »
We received this post earlier today, and I think it is important to give full coverage to a matter on which we have spent so much time and space.
What would a blog be without something or someone to ruffle your feathers…allow me to first get this out an in the open, I am a PHEAA […]
Posted in Open Records on Jun 6th, 2007 No Comments »
Well, open records is certainly and suddenly getting people’s attention. Here is a sampling of some commentary by bloggers and editorial writers from around the state. Visit the sites below for the full stories. And send in your own.
A couple from Brett Lieberman’s “Pennsyltucky Politics Blog” on the site of the Harrisburg Patriot-News
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Posted in Open Records on Jun 5th, 2007 No Comments »
In his remarks yesterday to the Senate State Government Committee on Senate Bill 1, his open-records reform legislation, Senator Dominic Pileggi (R-Delaware) spoke thoughtfully and frankly about the central issue of the debate: should all public records be presumed to be open to the public unless they are specifically exempted? At the time, Pileggi said […]
Posted in Open Records on Jun 4th, 2007 3 Comments »
With Senate hearings slated for 9:30 this morning, it’s hard keep up with all the open records stories that have emerged in the last few days. What follows is a brief summary, which tells but part of the story of (1) why Pennsylvania badly needs right-to-know reform and (2) why the foundation of that reform […]
Posted in Legislative Agenda on Jun 1st, 2007 No Comments »
I wanted to make sure you were aware of a public hearing on Senate Bill 1 (Sen. Pileggi’s bill to strengthen the Open Records law) scheduled for Monday (June 4). The Senate’s State Government Committee will hold the hearing at 9:30 a.m. in Room 8E-B of the Capitol’s East Wing. We hope that PCN will […]
Posted in Open Records on Jun 1st, 2007 No Comments »
Some people still seem to wonder whether and how the refusal of so many public agencies in Pennsylvania to release public records affects them personally. As Deborah Musselman of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association said not long ago, “It sounds like a philosophical issue until something goes wrong in your community.”
Take Coatesville, for example.
Jennifer Miller, […]