John Flentie, 73, made the mistake of owning a $300,000 home and saving $600,000 in accounts and investments. Most important he failed to have children who could defend him against state sponsored elder looting. In March of 2012, John fell … Continued
Bureaucrats not known for creativity suddenly become Leonardo da Vincis when it comes to dodging open records requests. Taxpayer funded Massachusetts Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams endeared themselves to the population of Watertown with their warrantless house-to-house searches for … Continued
In a year of budget cuts, DPS is whining about the cost of publishing the Sex Offender Registry. According to one of their spokesmen, eliminating the registry could save $3 million a year. The Open Records Project published the first … Continued
A society might be more trusting if citizens could see the tax returns of all their fellow taxpayers. Norway is doing exactly this. To be complete, Norway might also publish the citizens receiving taxpayer funded services. Some possibilities ramifications to … Continued
Those of us who tackle the taxpayer funded bureacracies often experience the arrogance and hypocrisy of so called civil servants first hand. A New York activist who goes by the handle “Jimmy Justice” captures bureacratic arrogance and hypocrisy on video … Continued
Enron avoided public scrutiny of many of its shady business dealings by placing them out of public view in off balance sheet entities. Now the employees of Washington taxpayers are using a similar ruse to place their activities out of … Continued
The Houston Chronicle has posted a computerized database of 81,000 public employees of various local entities including City of Houston, Harris County, and the Houston Independent School District. Some readers have objected to the publication of names and salaries as … Continued
Leroy Schad molested an 11 year old boy. Now District Judge Ron Svaty has sentenced him to five years of probation and house arrest, and ordered him to prominently post signs declaring his sex offender status Schad said the loneliness … Continued
Government bureacracies implement a standard set of dodges to avoid the accountability that comes from disclosure. In its dealings with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), The Advocate newspaper has been the victim of two of the most common ploys to … Continued
Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck said he would not name the lone pharmaceutical chemical found in the city’s drinking water. Once again a “people’s servant” concludes that he knows what’s best for you. The Open Records Project remembers similar arguments against … Continued