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When two legislative committees approved a fast-tracked bill last week to restrict access to government records, it was to a chorus of boos, shouts of “shame” and people angrily storming out. A room full of outraged citizens had lined up to shake their fists at this rank proposal, and the Legislature showed its disdain for public input by ramming it through in a rush. Never mind the sophisticated, credible feedback that experts gave about the damage, and how it would allow public officials to operate in secrecy. They brushed it all aside with arrogance. Today, they’re holding a final vote in w…

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