Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Celebrate freedom

As we celebrate freedom today, let's also support the tools that support freedom. Thankfully, we have the Internet. The Sunshine Act allows us to file Right To Know Requests. The PA Office of Open Records has developed a citizen's guide which provides a simple overview and can be found here.


















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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

In southern California, there's a group called Investigative Newsource and their local newspaper is "The Watchdog." They do right to knows. Recent right to knows include the water company and their lack of maintaining fire hydrates and a right to know was done about how pension retirees are paid where they found one person who was over paid over the years. Their newspaper does this.

You are our watchdog. You should contact the posti gazette's competition. Maybe they would hire you to do right to knows for them. The reason newspapers don't do right to knows is they are lazy. They do right to knows in CA and even go to court when they are denied.

Anonymous said...

Elaine, you are doing something with this little 'ol blog of yours that our overpaid (85k/year) public information officer refuses to do, the regional media refuse to do (because they're lazy), the state attorneys refuse to do
(because they're government employees and mostly Dems) and most residents refuse to do or just don't know how to do--shedding light on the misbehavior of government. Do you have any idea how powerful that is? Or how valuable it is? Breitbart, Drudge, Michelle Malkin...all use the internet to wake up the masses
and at least give them fair warning they're about to be screwed. It's incredible that you're doing the same thing. And for your opponents, it's downright scary. They fear you. The Postis and Morgans of our little enclave fear you and the torch of transparency you carry. That's why they keep trying to knock you down.
You simply want truth and transparency.
After all, those elected folks are using your money, not their own. Thus, you have a right to know how it's being spent.
I admire what you're doing and am so thankful for your efforts and resilience.

Anonymous said...

Think abou this:
"The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers"

Again so that it sinks in---

"Freedom to hold opinions without interference and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers."

WITHOUT INTERFERENCE- you don't have to sign your name

Anonymous said...

Is that flag you posted up to code? Because I seem to remember you getting a little salty (no surprise there) about Posti not being concerned about flags being up to code.

Anonymous said...

The message always, always seems to escape you doesn't it 1:35!

Anonymous said...

Anonymous @ 2:05...the messenger is part of the message. I have no problem understanding hypocrisy and pettiness.

Anonymous said...

As they say 3:20: "the fox always smells it's own hole first" eh!