March 14, 2005
Our Weeklong Forecast is Partly Cloudy
By Jim Dallas
As noted below, it's National Sunshine Week. How does Texas measure up in government transparency? Scott at Grits for Breakfast (whose blog I do not read enough) writes a mixed review. The good news is that Texas would be a great model for the feds. The bad news is that Texas's open records law is only fair-to-midling among state baby-FOIAs.
Posted by Jim Dallas at March 14, 2005 04:36 AM
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Thanks, Jim. It's worth mentioning that Texas was the only state to enact open records laws BEFORE the Watergate scandal, which spawned the federal FOIA. That's because we had the Sharpstown bank scandal which led to the creation of the Open Record Act in 1973. We were first, and until about 10 years ago, I'd have argued ours was first or second best. Pero no mas.
