Disregard for open government
Friday, July 9, 2010 1:00 am
Editorial
Westminster government's slow reaction to a Times Public Information Act request for the city's general ledger, and the city's general disregard for open government, is not only a violation of state law, it raises some troubling questions about how things are being run at 1838 Emerald Hill Lane.
On June 3, the Carroll County Times sent a PIA request to Westminster City Administrator Marge Wolf, the city's custodian of records, Mayor Kevin Utz and City Attorney Elissa Levan for its general ledger, an accounting document that lists every account a government maintains and each transaction that occurred under each account.
The Maryland Public Information Act requires the custodian of records grant or deny a request within 30 days, and if the request is denied, provide a reason why. The law also says the records must be produced, if the request is approved, within 30 days.
20100709 CCTed Disregard for open government
Carroll
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/07/carroll-county-times-westminster-mds.html http://tinyurl.com/2ey89z8
LABELS: NEWSPAPERS CARROLL COUNTY TIMES, PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT,WESTMINSTER GOVT, WESTMINSTER GOVT OPEN TRANSPARENT
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