Comments on Advance Indiana™: Bill Making Its Way Through Legislature Would Effectively End Access To Public Records Through Exorbitant Fees

LamLawIndy, you're not going to get an honest ...

2014-02-27T19:29:45.686-05:00

LamLawIndy, you're not going to get an honest account of the costs from an agency officials that are fearful and angry about turning over public documents. As a taxpayer, I don't mind incurring the cost. It's about the best investment a taxpayer can make in open and honest government.

Indiana ‘s Corruption Report Card from the Center ...

2014-02-27T19:26:51.531-05:00

Indiana ‘s Corruption Report Card from the Center for Public Integrity is already relatively low. Public access to information and ethics enforcement agencies are rated “F”: http://www.stateintegrity.org/indiana.

As always, the question is, "Who bears the co...

2014-02-27T17:10:44.448-05:00

As always, the question is, "Who bears the cost?" An Records Act request does have costs with which to comply: time, materials, etc. Currently, the taxpayer bears the bulk of that cost (not 100%) perhaps the taxpayer should. However, the requestor should contribute & not leave the taxpayer holding the entire bill.

Bipartisan translated means the people get screwed...

2014-02-27T13:18:46.146-05:00

Bipartisan translated means the people get screwed by both parties.

Eugene Debs had some comments on this: The Republican and Democratic parties, or, to be more exact, the Republican-Democratic party, represent the capitalist class in the class struggle. They are the political wings of the capitalist system and such differences as arise between them relate to spoils and not to principles.

The Republican and Democratic parties are alike capitalist parties — differing only in being committed to different sets of capitalist interests — they have the same principles under varying colors, are equally corrupt and are one in their subservience to capital and their hostility to labor.
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How true as we see both Republicans and Democrats united into the Republicrat Party of Crony-Capitalism here in Marion County. Both parties eagerly embrace the idea that Millionaire and Mega-Billionaire Owners of Professional Sports teams deserve millions of tax dollars to support Professional Sports.