Newspapers sue to get pay info from Legislature
By Michael J. Mishak, Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO — A group of newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, has filed a lawsuit against the California Legislature, alleging that the institution violated state open-records laws by refusing to release the office budgets and spending records of lawmakers and legislative committees.
Last month, the Assembly Rules Committee rejected multiple requests for legislators’ budgets, including one from a lawmaker, on the grounds that the information was exempt from public disclosure under the Legislative Open Records Act. Government administrators cited provisions excluding “legislative memoranda” and “correspondence” from disclosure.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in Sacramento County Superior Court, said the fiscal records “concern the conduct of the people’s business and the use of public resources to conduct that business, and do not fall under any of the exemptions” in the open-records law.
If only the newspapers had pursued the real perpetrators of 9/11 (the Bush Clan). Or why our military is spraying our skies with chemtrails (which will return in the fall). Medicinal marijuana, holes in the ground, and shoddy roads should all take a backseat to our corrupt national politicians taking American lives for their own personal gain. We all should sue for full disclosure on these reports alone. And call me crazy if you like – we all have our passions. Mine is 9/11 and chemtrails. Others strut the legality of marijuana on this site. Have a great weekend folks! We’re each entitled to our own opinions – aren’t we?