How did the citizens of Utah prepare to celebrate Sunshine Week? Many reacted in disbelief and anger last week at the news their Legislature passed and their governor signed a rushed and regressive bill to shield government records from public disclosure and charge more for those records still available.
Salaries and cell phone records, budgets and birth certificates, attorney fees and construction contracts, agendas and subdivision maps, property ownership records and restaurant health inspections …
Our nation's Founding Fathers, revered for their courage and determination, knew far too well the nation they were creating was only an experiment; that persistence lay ahead if the people's government was to survive.
