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Needless barrier to public access
By Dusty Nix
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Posted 2-14-07
Once again some members of the Georgia General Assembly are trying to create another hoop for Georgians to jump through to get information that by rights belongs to them.
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OUR OPINIONS: Don't stifle open records requests
By Mike King
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted 2-14-07
Sometimes it's important to remind legislators that elected and appointed officials don't own public records; instead, they are merely the public's custodian of those documents.
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EQUAL TIME: Sunshine bill would protect citizens, records custodians
By Jim Grubiak
For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted 2-14-07
Georgia has one of the most effective sunshine laws in the country. Virtually all meetings of governmental agencies are open to the public...
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Another bad law
by Tim Anderson, editor and publisher of
The Herald-Leader
Posted 2-14-07
Under current Open Records Laws, any citizen may go to a government agency and make a request for copies of public documents. Simple. The agency has three days...
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Bill would limit access
Posted 2/13/07
On the surface of it, Rep. Mark Hatfield's explanation for sponsoring legislation that would require written notice for public records sounds reasonable.
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State should open government,
not shield its business
OPINION
The Times, Gainesville, Ga
Posted 2/13/07
Despite what they say while on the campaign trail or after taking elective office, most politicians in Georgia aren't overly fond of the state's Open Records and Open Meetings laws.
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Sunshine law must benefit public
The Telegraph, Macon, Ga
Posted 2/13/07
At first blush, the reaction to a measure by House Republicans that would require a written notice from persons seeking public records might be, what's the problem?
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Records belong to the public,
not government
Athens Banner-Herald
Posted 2/13/07
Editorial
If House Bill 283 is enacted into law by the Georgia General Assembly, elected officials and staff of state and local government offices should reject the power...
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Role model for Georgia
Rome News-Tribune
Posted 01/04/07
GEORGIANS need only look south of their state border to get a lesson in sharp contrasts where the public’s right to know is concerned.
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Secrecy Sets Bad Precedent
Waycross Journal-Herald
Posted 11-7-06
We can think of no better example to illustrate the importance of open meetings and open government than the ongoing landfill dispute, one that was set into motion after a quickie public hearing...
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Cagle's view on secrecy bill is encouraging
Editorial, Athens Banner-Herald
Posted 11-27-06
If Georgia Lt. Gov.-elect Casey Cagle wanted to position himself for a run at the governor's office four years from now, he could hardly have chosen a better way to signal that intent than the laudable position he's taken on House Bill 218.
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Dawggone silly
Rome News-Tribune
Posted 10-16-06
NORMALLY, about this time in an election year, the big-dog candidates are more interested in blasting back at their opponents than in barking about a newspaper headline...
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Barton: Sonny must be less fuzzy
Tom Barton, Savannah Morning News
Posted:November 8, 2006 Sometime between Tuesday's night's celebration and next January, when the Georgia Legislature convenes, Gov. Sonny Perdue must show himself on open government.
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Secrecy can spoil American dream
By Robert M. Williams, Jr.
The Blackshear Times
Posted 10-16-06
A home of your own. It's the American dream.
That dream for thousands of Georgians could become
a nightmare...
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We need to respond to Perdue's
request for 'Sonny Do' ideas
Times-Herald, Newnan
Posted 10-16-06
Come on Georgians. You must take
heed to the Honorable Gov. Sonny Perdue's
reelection campaign ads...
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Savannah Morning News
Posted 9-26-06
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Cagle made history, deserves
to make more
Marietta Daily Journal
Posted 10-16-06
The indications are that this will be a Republican year in Georgia's fall elections...
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Sonny do, Sonny don't
Rome News-Tribune
Posted 10-16-06
THE INABILITY of voters to see their politicians
as offering only a very bad ventriloquist act...
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Reinforce court's integrity by
voting for Hunstein
Marietta Daily Journal
Posted 10-16-06
Judges author hundreds, sometimes thousands of
opinions in the course of a career on the bench.
For the citizen on the street...
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Secrecy issue should be on voters' minds
By Mike King, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted 10-5-06
Secrecy as a state issue. You won't hear Republican state legislative candidates talk about it...
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A promise for Sonny
OP-ED, Savannah Morning News
Posted 9-26-06
Gov. Sonny Perdue -- and his Democrat opponent, Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor -- should promise to block future attempts to weaken Georgia's sunshine laws.
HERE'S ONE...
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House Bill 218 allows too
much secrecy
By Bob Tribble,
Trib Publications, Inc
Posted 9-26-06
Most observers feel that House Bill 218, that was defeated in the 2005 session of the General Assembly, will raise its ugly head again...
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Damage control
By Michael French
Marietta Daily Journal Staff Writer
Posted 9-26-06
Jim Martin wants to build bridges between Republicans and Democrats in Georgia government...
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Lt. gov. candidates seek to
ease party tensions
By Michael French,
Marietta Daily Journal Staff Writer
Posted 9-26-06
State Sen. Casey Cagle (R-Gainesville) plans to heal the
damage he sees in the Georgia Legislature...
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Controlling information for the
sake of control
By Walter Geiger, The Herald-Gazette, Barnesville
Posted 9-26-06
I am involved with industrial recruitment now, having
been appointed to the Industrial Development Authority
some time back.
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Voting for secrecy
by Tim Anderson, editor and publisher,
The Herald-Leader, Fitzgerald
Posted 9-26-06
House Bill 218 was a hot potato in the Georgia General Assembly in 2005. HB 218 is designed to hide...
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