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AG Greg Abbott presiding over dark hour for Texas open records

Over the years I've sometimes praised Attorney General Greg Abbot for being reasonably good on his open records decisions, but data published by the Corpus Christi Caller Times suggests Abbot's watch has not been an especially happy period for open records overall ("Increase in requests to withhold public data worries advocates," Dec. 12). The fault seems to lie more at the level of state and local agencies, but clearly the AG hasn't been adequately policing the trend or focusing enough resources to solve the problem.Bottom line: More state agencies and local governments are appealing what should be routine requests to the AG's office as a delay tactic, seemingly without consequence or penalty. "Requests that the Texas attorney general withhold information requested by the public increased 88 percent in five years, according to a Caller-Times analysis of state records...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 15, 2009 (boomark / email).