Tom Kearney
We need more public access to our government — not less
In Vermont, the Public Records Act has become such a joke, it seems beyond redemption. And now, here comes another proposed exemption.
Forty-two years ago, Vermont adopted the Public Records Act, a groundbreaking law that ensured the public got to see most records of state, municipal, and school governments.
It was pretty tight, with fewer than 30 exemptions allowing information to be kept secret.