Amye is a retired assistant AG who specialized in open records laws. She is the co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. (Read the rest of her bio on the Contributors page.)
The balance between the right of law enforcement to keep records confidential in certain instances, and the right of the public to know what their police forces are doing, has been restored.
A nine-year saga appears to finally be coming to an end.
Another example of the secrecy surrounding so much of what is done in Frankfort.
But in the end, it’s abused children that are being harmed
The University of Kentucky has an ongoing history of thumbing its nose at the open records laws. But they get snippy when called on it.
The work affects parents in Louisville – but the meetings are in Frankfort.
The university’s motto: “That’s for us to know, and you to never find out.”
UK wasn’t forthcoming about their swim coach and the allegations against him – so John Cheves of the Herald-Leader used our open records laws to get at the truth. Without those laws, it would all still be a secret.
Apparently, officials at all levels try to keep what they are doing a secret.
Why is Louisville Metro government withholding some videos, and refusing to answer questions?
Davids v. Goliath in Franklin Circuit Court
Attorney General Russell Coleman and his office made one ruling that was right down the fairway – and another that was a shank into the rough.
The open-records tug-of-war at Kentucky State University serves as an important reminder of the importance of our state’s laws on government transparency.
As noted by Linda Blackford, “we the people” were the biggest winners in the HB 509 open-records saga. But who was the biggest loser?
All who fought to protect our open records laws should celebrate our shared victory. But then, we should work together to get ready for the next attack.
Lawmakers who know so little about the requirements of the open records law, much less it’s necessity and value — or who are willing to justify needless and destructive revision of the law with false claims and misrepresentations — cannot be entrusted with the future of the law.
