No, it's not time for daydreaming about the beach; it's time to recommit to "less secrecy and more democracy" by educating yourself about the Open Meetings Law and the Freedom of Information Act.
NoStringsGeneva is totally committed to improving government decision-making by demanding accountability, and public officials can only be accountable if their actions are open for public viewing! You may have already read about these New York State Laws in the NoStringsGeneva Document Library, but now we're pleased to be able to provide you a link to complete and entertaining videos on your right to know.
The League of Women Voters has a live webcast planned for Wednesday, March 19th at 1pm. You can register for it here.
For more information on Sunshine Week events, visit the official website. For additional information particular to New York State, check out Attorney General Cuomo's "Project Sunlight" website.
Sunday, the Democrat and Chronicle published an informative article about the frequency of FOIL requests in the area and the type of information people request most often. You can read that article here. Our first post, one year ago, was on this very topic. Join us on a trip down memory lane by rereading it here.
Better yet, celebrate Sunshine Week by filing a FOIL request of your own to access that record you were always curious about. Let the sun shine in!
Tuesday, March 18
March 16-22 is "National Sunshine Week"
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Congratulation's on making the local political scene more intimate and interesting. But form the introduction to the present I could not refer to this Blog as "quiet".
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