I went to the webpages Mr. Weiler discussed and could not register because they are still under development, but I could grasp what they are doing and it's excellent.
We need these types of databases to help us see patterns of non compliance that are below our busy day radar but a year later we find out something like "all those trucks they said they didn't have records on were illegally hauliing toxic materials to dump illegally into the old City Reservoir. Persistence is fine and dandy, but the sooner one recognizes a pattern, it helps one to craft the succeeding questions more surgically and to look for alternative sources of information.
The Journals at ogi will help establish public records requests as a legitimate area of academic research and will let the people practicing amber light policies of delay and avoidance that time is not on their side, politically, ethically, or legally.
It still astounds me that the coverups are often far more serious than the original infractions. So much wasted energy and trust, and lots of money.
Dwight Hines, Ph.D.
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