The new law keeps lawmakers’ emails, text messages, and other records hidden from constituents. The bill is in response to a recent court decision. A Thurston County court ruled that state lawmakers are subject to open records regulations — their emails, text messages, etc. are public records according to law. Lawmakers responded by changing the law altogether. They made it retroactive, meaning past records will also be hidden from public view. “It’s a precedent that anytime the Legislature feels that it will lose a lawsuit, they can change the law and make it go away,” Nixon said. “That is not the way the government should work.” Nixon points out that no amendments were allowed. There was no floor debate, either. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2oGgIrs&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=0nDyt7uxQDd8TIdiTtTYgUg3L-P7uZwZqyYp2zBgRaE&s=99-uh3YFAyq-nVoj21NZ14lXHpB7geuLAB42bPTdAmM&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2oGgIrs-2B&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=0nDyt7uxQDd8TIdiTtTYgUg3L-P7uZwZqyYp2zBgRaE&s=XCGKWg4L1IgicR1C7-9l4ynOvjPbrVbapkm29QxexEs&e= -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__emailcharter.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=0nDyt7uxQDd8TIdiTtTYgUg3L-P7uZwZqyYp2zBgRaE&s=9mhaP9g2sQUS9jzl7sWZw1EEr2cHDQIP1emSRNx1WEU&e= “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]
