It's hard to criticize somebody who's on the right side of an issue.
UPDATE. I was gonna get a quote or two from Duane, Anaheim's PRA king, but that turned into 6 paragraphs.…
Disappointed then. And what explains mediocre Republicans voting against it, Tri Ta and Laurie Davies are no champions of open…
I don't see why anybody should be shocked by Democrats doing this. They are the party of pro-government bias and…
See there ya go being malicious!
Geez! Affordable CPRA requests are an important tool needed to expose bad behavior.
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And I’m correspondingly proud and haughty.
AB 1821’s “Malicious Intent” – California Democrats aim to hamstring the Public Records Act.
NO! Kill AB 1821, save government transparency!
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Yeah I guess so. I'm gonna shift to fighting this thing. Can it be stopped? Can the Democrats who backed…