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PUBLIC RECORDS REVISITED
GLOBE WEST REPORT CITED BY LAWMAKERS CONSIDERING
PANEL
Published on 04/12/2001. Article 4 of 36 found.
SOURCE: By Sean Patrick Lyons, Globe Staff
The failure of local officials to consistently
provide access to public documents has sparked
renewed interest in a proposal to establish an
independent commission focused solely on
administering the state's records laws.
A number of area state legislators said they are
interested in examining the plan in light of a
Globe West survey that found nearly three-quarters
of municipal agencies flout the state's public
records laws.
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PANEL ON PUBLIC RECORDS REVISITED
GLOBE WEST REPORT CITED BY LAWMAKERS
PUBLIC RECORDS PANEL REVISITED
REPORT BY GLOBE WEST CITED BY LAWMAKERS URGING
STATE TO CONSIDER COMMISSION
PUBLIC RECORDS PANEL REVISITED
REPORT BY GLOBE WEST CITED BY SOME FAVORING
COMMISSION
RAIL OPPONENTS SUE T ON RECORDS ACCESS
Published on 04/11/2001. Article 8 of 36 found.
A group of South Shore residents opposed to the
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's plans
to restore commuter rail service to the Greenbush
section of Scituate has filed suit against the
agency and the state, claiming "repeated failure to
comply with public records requests." The lawsuit,
which the Advocates for Transportation Alternatives
said was filed yesterday in Suffolk Superior Court,
comes as the MBTA finalizes plans for the $410
million project, which could begin operating by
2005. The
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PUBLIC RECORDS ARE TREATED LIKE PRIVATE PROPERTY BY
MANY LOCAL OFFICIALS, A SURVEY FINDS
Published on 04/08/2001. Article 9 of 36 found.
SOURCE: The story was written and researched by
Globe staff reporter Sean Patrick Lyons with
reports from Globe staff correspondents Thanassis
Cambanis, Scott W. Helman, Lisa Kocian, Erica
Noonan, Edward Ortiz, and Jenna Russell; Globe
correspondents Janet Casey, Maureen Costello,
Robert Devaney, Denise Dube, Naomi R. Kooker, John
Laidler, Vanessa Parks, and Emily Shartin; and
Globe staff members Carol Beggy, Ellen Clegg, and
Christopher Rowland.
Many municipal executives said their
administrations' failure to comply with the
requests during the Globe's survey were aberrations
or illustrated their staff's unfamiliarity with the
law.
"There are a lot of laws that are constantly
changing, and yet we are expected to keep up on
them," said Michael Sullivan, Medfield's town
administrator. "I would rather have my staff err on
the side of caution than hand out something we
shouldn't."
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