In Our Opinion: Legislators shouldn't vote down transparency

Sometimes legislators and government officials just don't get it.

People don't trust governments to always do what's right. It's the fuel stoking the fires of concerns about the economy, health care, regulations and budget deficits.

And yet every few years government officials seek to enhance this mistrust by lobbying legislators to remove the responsibility of making sure citizens are properly notified of government actions. This year is no different as three separate bills, HB 1818, HB 1478 and SB 5360 wind their way through committee in the hopes of becoming law.

The bills would in various...