Sunshine Week highlights broken public records access
Public records laws and FOIA face growing barriers as agencies delay and redact. AP data show escalating costs and denials from agencies from the Pentagon to the Treasury and State Department. The piece urges citizens to defend open government and reject attempts to hide information behind redactions and fees.
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Associated Press
White House
Obama
Malaysia Airlines
South China Sea
Pentagon
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
U.S
Treasury Department
Iran
State Department
Department
Hillary Rodham Clinton
United States
Michelle Obama
National Archives and Records Administration
Ferguson
Missouri
Michael Brown
BuzzFeed
South Florida
Gay News
Broward
St Patrick’s Day parade opens New York history note
On this date in history two events are recorded Albany notes a 1762 New York St Patrick’s Day parade tradition and a 1776 British evacuation of Boston during the Revolutionary War. An Irish saying adds a thoughtful aside about speaking little but well.
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St. Patrick’s Day
New York
Boston
Driving Citations and a Baytonian Ex Exxon Retiree
A Baytonian near 75 reflects on a long driving record, noting his wife BR has a clean record aside from a few vehicle mishaps, while he lists drag racing, expired handicap sticker, left turn on yellow, expired inspection sticker, and school zone speeding. He recounts a 60 day probation, court costs, and a non guilty verdict in the pending jury decision. Winston Gardner, longtime Exxon employee, is described as the subject and narrator of this record.
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Cozumel Island
Colorado
Lubbock
Casey
Texas Avenue
Brunson Theater
50’S
Lee
Houston
Texas
United States
Remembering 9th Grade Dances at Baytown Junior High
Longtime Baytown resident Ginger Stripling recalls ninth grade dances in the 1950s and 60s at Baytown Junior High, Horace Mann, and Cedar Bayou, featuring Wizard of Oz themes, matching outfits, and school gym celebrations.
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Baytown
Horace Mann
Cedar Bayou
Highlands
Hawaii
Paris
Dorothy
the Scarecrow
Tin Man
the Lion
Baytown Jr. High
Scarborough
Gosl-Inn
Bear den
Kansas
Ginger Stripling
Mont Belvieu
Baytown Junior High
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Memorial Drive
Baytownsun
Facebook
Twitter
Janie Gray
David Bloom
Brenda Burr
Gregg Sanford
April Jones
Atin Accounting Circulation
Exenet
ITE
Jim Finley
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengtson
Tony Polumbe
Newsroom
the Sun
Sun
Surney
Baytownsun.com
Winston Gardner
Gardner
Exxon
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