PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Editorial: If Pennsylvania’s open-records law is to deliver on its promise of greater transparency, government can’t be allowed to form private agencies (then hide behind them) to escape public scrutiny — and courts must uphold an Office of Open Records ruling to that effect.
The ruling says the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors is a “local agency” subject to open-records requests under the law because the Legislature created it, The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reports. The association is appealing the ruling in Cumberland County Court; the issue could end up before the state Supreme Court.
If the Office of Open Records ruling is upheld — as it must be, for transparency’s sake — the township supervisors association wouldn’t be the only such group whose communications with state government are affected… (more)
Another one is “Private Non-Prifits” such as Mid Penn and domestic violence groups.
They get money from tax payers but have no accountability and things like right-to- know laws don’t even touch their reality