The battle against government doing its business in the shadows is relentless and never-ending. We will continue to fight for your right to know, but we need your help to win. Make sure your candidates for office know that open government is high on your list of priorities.
Standard-Examiner
Eliminate Government Secrecy
March 15, 2007
As regular readers already know, we at Weber County Forum often fundamentally differ in editorial philosophy with the Standard-Examiner publisher on numerous issues which directly effect our community.
Whereas the Std-Ex is generally a strong proponent of a preponderantly strong mayor in our city government, we strenuously argue for the vigorous exercise by our city council of its coequal legislative authority, as a check and balance against executive excesses. Whereas the Std-Ex is a staunch proponent of gondolas and gondola-related landgrabs, we argue that such schemes are financially imprudent, contrary to the public interest -- and in the case of flatland gondolas -- flat out silly. And so on.
There is however one circumstance in which we do march in lockstep with the Std-Ex's editorial position. When it comes to elimination of secrecy in government, we are 100% with the Standard-Examiner.
Read today's excellent Std-Ex editorial on the subject. We wholeheartedly agree with its every word.
We would also like to highlight this top-notch guest commentary, also appearing on today's Std-Ex opinion pages. WSU adjunct history professor Robert A. Becker adeptly rebuts and dismantles David D. Griffith's earlier opinion page screed. So excellent is Professor Becker's article, it looks like something which could have been yanked straight from one of our own Weber County Forum pages.
Comments, anyone?
Don't let the cat get your tongues.
Update 3/16/07 8:57 a.m.: We've scoured today's news for Weber County Forum relevant articles and came up dry. We thus invite our readers to treat this as an open thread, and open their own "pet topics."
