Here's an interesting newspaper series running in several Indiana
newspapers this week. Links to the full articles, photos
and maps are below.
Chris Myers
Evansville Courier
Sunday, February 22, 1998
" County government officials routinely violate state law by refusing to
release public records, an unprecedented statewide audit found.
Seven Indiana newspapers sent personnel to all 92 counties in August
seeking public records including death certificates, crime logs and
reports, school coach salaries and school board minutes."
Links to some of the articles and maps online for this series
Evansville Courier
http://courier.evansville.net
Open Records, Closed Doors
Audit by newspapers finds Indiana officials routinely violate the law
http://courier.evansville.net/cgi/view.cgi?/199802/22/+records_news.html+199
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Want to see a crime log? Have your ID ready.
http://courier.evansville.net/cgi/view.cgi?/199802/22/+crimelog_news.html+19
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Indiana Death Certificates
http://courier.evansville.net/cgi/view.cgi?/199802/22/+deathcmap_news.html+1
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Public leaves paper trail of documents
http://courier.evansville.net/cgi/view.cgi?/199802/22/+papertrail_news.html+
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