It’s about our Freedom, Governor
Monday, April 6th, 2009
Kudos to Ohio State Rep. Seth Morgan who has filed suit with the Ohio Supreme Court seeking the Court’s backing in his quest to secure information for the Governor under Ohio’s Open Records Act (found in Ohio Revised Code’s Chapter 149).
Unfortunately the Governor has stiff-armed Rep. Morgan’s request for the evidence Strickland used to formulate his ‘Evidence-Based Education’ plan for state school spending.
The Administration’s recent, repeated attempts to hide its workings from the people raise important concerns about the Governor’s commitment to freedom and liberty in Ohio.
The Founders knew that the consent of the governed, upon which the legitimacy of the government they were designing would rest, would mean nothing if government were to deliberately obscure its workings. An opaque government would invalidate popular consent, and with it, the legitimacy of governmental authority.
No transparency, no freedom. Even Gorbachev understood the connection in offering glasnost to the Soviet people twenty years ago now. Remember that, Governor?
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