Tennessee Watchdog: Open records may get a little less open
Chris Butler with Tennessee Watchdog published a story about the upcoming public hearings about charging new fees to inspect public records: Tennessee Open Records may get a little less open. A reminder: If you can't make a public hearing, you can still send comments answering the main question to be posed by the Office of Open Records Counsel at the public hearings at this email address: [email protected]. 1. Should the TPRA permit record custodians to charge for inspection of public records? In Butler's story, he quotes Tennessee Press Association, TCOG and Lee Harrell, the lobbyist for the Tennessee Association of School Boards, which is pushing the legislation to change the law [...]