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Once upon a time, a Massachusetts Public Records request was submitted to the Town of Middleboro and in response, a Middleboro employee called it a FOIA request.
Not so!
There is a lengthy history that allows official on all levels to abuse the law and deny access to records.
If you don't know the laws that protect you.......
FOCUS: Ken Klippenstein | FOIA: The Right You Probably Didn't Know You Have
Ken Klippenstein, Reader Supported News
Klippenstein writes: "Most people on the street can stop and say their Miranda rights ('You have the right to remain silent...'). It's a law of such common usage that people know it. FOIA is a law of equally common necessity that people should be able to know and recite and assert on their own, just like they would a Miranda right."
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Ken Klippenstein, Reader Supported News
Klippenstein writes: "Most people on the street can stop and say their Miranda rights ('You have the right to remain silent...'). It's a law of such common usage that people know it. FOIA is a law of equally common necessity that people should be able to know and recite and assert on their own, just like they would a Miranda right."
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