Comments on: Foiled! Letters Blogatory Turned Away At The Statehouse https://lettersblogatory.com/2011/07/06/foiled-letters-blogatory-turned-away-at-the-statehouse/ The Blog of International Judicial Assistance Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Open Government Update | Letters Blogatory https://lettersblogatory.com/2011/07/06/foiled-letters-blogatory-turned-away-at-the-statehouse/#comment-5969 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:11:06 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=1575#comment-5969 […] those of you who are inter­est­ed in my attempts to obtain copies of the tes­ti­mo­ny giv­en at a recent Mass­a­chu­setts leg­isla­tive […]

]]> By: Ted Folkman https://lettersblogatory.com/2011/07/06/foiled-letters-blogatory-turned-away-at-the-statehouse/#comment-190 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:03:32 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=1575#comment-190 In reply to Jonathan S. Shefftz.

The legislature, in its wisdom, has exempted itself from the Open Meeting Law and the Public Records Law. Check out the discussion on Blue Mass Group here and here. I am on the warpath and trying to push for change on this issue. Stay tuned.

]]> By: Jonathan S. Shefftz https://lettersblogatory.com/2011/07/06/foiled-letters-blogatory-turned-away-at-the-statehouse/#comment-189 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:00:25 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=1575#comment-189 This is very surprising. I live in Massachusetts and am the chair of our town’s planning board. All our proceedings are governed by the Open Meeting Law. This is certainly not the attitude you would encounter from our municipal employees here.

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