Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jan. 12, 2008
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Focus Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - When government officials disregard open-meeting requirements, they violate the public's trust.
By Ronald A. Zumbrun
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James Madison once warned, "A popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives." Similarly, our courts have recognized that "...
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