The Sun Foundation’s report card on state gov transparency… lo and behold, Texas gets an “A”
-Michael
State Transparency Website Scorecard
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This highlights the importance of following the money trail…
-Michael
Few companies have received as much attention for their campaign expenses than Koch Industries in the past year. According to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, Koch contributed $1.35 million to winning congressional campaigns in the 2010 cycle.
Koch has become the target of liberal groups’ ire as the conservative-backing owners, David and Charles Koch, have increased their profile in Republican politics in the past few years. The Koch brothers are long-time funders of conservative and libertarian causes, often times in disagreement with the Republican Party that they are associated with.
Sunshine week has already passed, but this is still relevant. Interesting to read this, considering that Florida is the state of the infamous 2000 presidential recount, with all the well-documented obstructions the Florida state government placed on getting any information at that time.
-Michael
It’s time to celebrate public records and open government. And by celebrate, I mean test to see if your requests are honored.
Florida seems to be living up to it’s Sunshine State nickname: An Associated Press article in Saturday’s Miami Herald stated that 86.5 percent of the 148 agencies that…
