Washington Pays 1.7 Million For Public Record Failures

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Fri, 02/03/2012 - 12:00am
Washington Pays 1.7 Million For Public Record Failures

Washington State payout for alleged violations in public records laws have increased from six hundred thousand dollars in 2006 to nearly one point seven million dollars last year.

While the state attorney general attributes the increased payouts to people gaming the system, the Washington Coalition for Open Government says that the way to reduce these costs is for the state to simply comply with the law.

KBOO’s Joe Meyer spoke with the Coalition President Toby Nixon for details.

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