With telephone records recently revealing questionable activity among
City Council members, a policy was approved this week to charge for the
release of records as well as in certain cases be reviewed by the
city’s attorney for approval.
According to Emergency Services Director Joseph Theobald, during
budget hearings he had proposed the town implement a more formal policy
for the disclosure of telephone and radio records out of the Ocean
City’s Public Safety Communications Center in compliance with Maryland
law and the Maryland Public Information Act.
“We get a great number of public requests for recordings on an annual
basis and right now we do not have a formal policy,” Theobald said.
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Something smells about this. All funded by taxpayers, these are public officials using public property conducting public business. Why not simply put everything online? Is there something some clandestine branch of the government feels a need to hide? Why do citizens have to pay to find out how THEIR money is being spent?
ReplyDeleteAhhh.... transparency at it's best.