Ask government for public records, get sued [fs]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

This is not an early April Fool's joke. That is, at least the article is 
real. It still seems slightly bizarre to me. I can think of far better 
uses of tax dollars (paying someone to dig holes and fill them in again 
would qualify).

A much longer version of the same AP article is here:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/news/032005_APstate_publicrecords.html

-Declan

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Ask for public records, get sued
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:25:45 -0500
From: Ben <bmw () carolina rr com>
To: declan () well com

http://www.wral.com/news/4301487/detail.html

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RALEIGH -- North Carolina cities and other government agencies are 
pursuing the authority to sue citizens who ask to see public records.

Lawyers for local governments and the University of North Carolina are 
talking about pushing for a new state law.

That law would allow pre-emptive lawsuits against citizens, news 
organizations and private companies to clarify the law when there is a 
dispute about providing records or opening meetings.
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