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Our Views: Sunshine lights way to liberty
Governments still restrict access to information the public legally and rightfully deserves to see
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Tap your finger on a smartphone and you’ve got access to your bank account, your favorite restaurant’s menu and your child’s baseball schedule. But try accessing information about how your tax dollars are spent and things can get a lot more complicated.Last week, we observed “Sunshine Week,” a symbolic period established by the nation’s news media and other organizations to recognize the importance of an open, transparent government in a free society. Governments, school systems, law enforcement agencies and others that depend on tax dollars vary in the degree to which they comply with what are commonly called “sunshine laws.”