Tuesday, March 19, 2013

War against public records access reaches ludicrous speed



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  • COLUMN:

    Some town clerks, hack pols

    wage war

    against public records access

    You know the barriers to public records are getting beyond ludicrous when genealogists and Civil War researchers are considered enemies of the state.

    This is just a taste of more to come. It’s looking more and more like Last Rites time for Freedom of Information in Connecticut.

    For starters, consider the experience of Robert Rafford, a genealogist and president of the Middlebury Historical Society. Rafford has been researching public records for nearly 40 years ...


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