HeyJaredStray Thoughts
Thoughts on government transparency, politics and civic affairs written weekly -- and sometimes, weakly -- by a longtime advocate for government transparency.
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Law enforcement protects and serves — and it should inform, too (opens the original)
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Guess who loses when the gov’t official snoozes? (opens the original)
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When gov’t retirements play hide-and-seek with tax money (opens the original)
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Let the public see what government boards see (opens the original)
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D.M. school officials met the law — but missed the point (opens the original)
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