By Lisa Kershner and John "Butch" West7, Baltimore Brew
Transparency in government is critically important today, especially when peoples’ trust in local authorities to act in their best interests and protect their health and welfare has diminished.
Maryland’s Public Information Act (PIA) could do much to restore that trust – if properly functioning and fairly enforced.
The law promotes government transparency by affording citizens’ a broad right of access to records of state and local government bodies “with the least cost and delay.”
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