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AG VanHollen on WI Open Meeting Laws
Posted: Mar 10, 2011
Wisconsin AG highlights Importance of Government Transparency, Provides Resources
03/02/2011
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen highlights the importance of Sunshine Week and government transparency in a guest column. In the column, he writes that Sunshine Week "commemorates the transparency and citizen oversight so essential to our democratic system of government. Compliance with our state Open Meetings Law and Public Records Law is an essential duty of all Wisconsin government agencies, officials, and employees."
Van Hollen continues, "I bear special statutory responsibility for interpreting and providing advice about our Open Meetings Law and Public Records Law. I have committed the Department of Justice to educate government personnel and members of the public about these important laws, and to facilitate compliance with their requirements."
Van Hollen provides resources to "facilitate efficient compliance" in his column.
For full text
http://www.thewheelerreport.com/releases/February11/0228/0228vanhollensunshineweek.pdf
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I could not believe my eyes when they totally ignored the Open Meetings Law! - RECALL TIME WITHOUT A DOUBT
[ In Reply To ..]Any politician who deliberately pulls that kind of a shenanigan, breaking the very important Open Meeting Law, needs to be recalled.
I have never before in my life felt it so important to be FOR THE PEOPLE!
LOL. Really. When the Democrat senators - ran like scalded dogs to
[ In Reply To ..]avoid a vote they knew they were going to lose...spitting in the face of the heart of Democracy (majority rules)...and you get all tied in knots about "the very important" open meeting law...the democrats have had what, almost three weeks now to be present for all of this, but hide like cowards in another state...any politician who pulls THAT kind of shenanigan should be recalled immediately!!
Pullezze. As if waiting the remaining 22 hours would have made a difference. Those cowards in Illinois aren't coming back. The vote would have been the same 22 hours later.
If you were incensed about ALL the shenanigans I might get incensed WITH you. Geez.
You mean when they blocked quorum and spent 3 weeks - showcasing Walkers power grab
[ In Reply To ..]mobilizing opposition and successfully turning the entire country's opinion against him and his stooges? Yeah baby. He has been exposed for the charlatan (the kindest word I can find) that he is. Do not look for him to go anywhere except down the tubes on day 366.
No, I mean when they ran like cowards to avoid - a vote they knew they were
[ In Reply To ..]going to lose.
I do not see the "entire country" mobilizing against him. You really use the tool of blanket statements well. Yeah baby.
We'll see who's down the tubes in 2012.
Thanks to this guy, maybe ALL the workers in Wisconsin won't be...no thanks to their public worker union counterparts.
What you really mean is an illegal vote they could only hold - in a dark room
[ In Reply To ..]against Open Meeting protocols that sent thousands of Madison residents out with their kids in tow in the middle of their dinner to storm the capitol. It is obvious that you are one who is poised to claim victory. Enjoy your 15 minutes.
But ok for senators to abscond to avoid a vote - because they knew they
[ In Reply To ..]would lose. Got it.
Jesse Jackson there to save the day.. All credibility - is lost for the protestors now!.nm
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Obama better get the damage control people - ready...or better yet....
[ In Reply To ..]send someone to Wisconsin with a muzzle.
Next thing you will see is the Black Panthers in their black fatigues and military boots, nightsticks in hand...ah, makes you reminiscent for some of the polling places in Philly in '08...
Our county and city governments follow open meeting rules - better than WI state.
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Every responsible agency I know follows Open Meeting Law very carefully - The Open Meeting Law Is A Big Deal
[ In Reply To ..]That's something that just isn't messed with, because the door is "open" for transparency. The people have the right to know when a meeting is going to happen and what is on the agenda. This is of major importance in our society. It just isn't messed with. It's one of our rights to know what is going on in our government.
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