It is fun to see “big guys” in journalism start to discover how we “little guys” are treated. The Las Vegas Review-Journal complained in their Saturday, August 19 issue:
“In May, the Las Vegas Review-Journal requested five months of calendars from the governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, and controller. Attorney General Aaron Ford’s staff repeatedly pushed back the release of records, while the other agencies released the calendars within a few weeks.”
They have an advantage because of their size and reach, which is far greater and more intimidating than anything I can produce.
“When the newspaper informed the attorney general’s staff on Monday that it planned to publish a column about the delays, the office released the records the following day. The request also included visitor logs, but the attorney general was the only office that maintained the logs, which were released with the calendars.”
Maybe this will change things, but having been burned by Ford and other politico-type staff, I have grown cynical and doubt that it will do anything for this “small guy.”
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