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Posted: Saturday, March 7, 2015 6:45 am
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# Yo buy a ttn, hat should pve you the Fight to know everything abot, you're looking
ata used truck, it makes no sense to be banned from learning about the engine and
tvhat the interior looks ike, ‘Nobody in their right mind would buy a house, sight unseen, So
why was it so important for Gov. McAuliffe’s administration to request that the drugs used in
state executions be exempt from freedom of information requests? As Sunshine Week
approaches, we applaud the Virginia General Assembly for killing this idea and encourage state
lawmakers to support more transparency in government, not less.
Sunshine Week is atime, held ench year in mid-March, which foewses on the importance of
open gov the danger that comes from secret documents and deals. Basically, an
open government is one where i's harder to manage some of these backroom deal
bares, not impossible, because there will always be one or two people wha think hey con est
sway With something, Sadly the MeDonnel ease isa perfect example. But the idea that someon
coe docursonty, that people ere paying atlenion, cen mabe & pen thitk Woiee before
making a deal
For example, we still don’t know why exactly it
‘was So important to try and get an exemption
for execution drugs. Since taxpayers are
the status of the contract and is it up for bid?
Without access under the Freedom of
Information Act, it would be much harder for
news organizations and others to review these
things
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tappens fo fle a bill that benfis that group it mises concers. fpolicians grt tickets to a
concert days before a vote that’s important to lear. This why we support a ban on gifts,
thu that's another slory.Ail af tis iy obtained! through ethiesreporie ad dosuments mad
available through freedom of information rules.
‘That's why we applaud the Virginia General Assembly and specifically the House of Delegates
for killing a bill that would have further restricted information. We hope to see more moves
toward transparency in the next session.
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