"Closed ... (public) Records Keep Public in the Dark"

According to the Journal this morning. link - sub req.

Editor Kent Walz, Thomas J Lang, or whomever it is that penned the piece, wrote;

What part of "public" don't these public officials understand?

The anonymous writer is upset that public agencies, the state Environmental Department, Rio Rancho Public Schools, and the City of Gallup, are suing those who request public records.

"It is a tactic designed to discourage people form asking for records, and it is an abuse of the taxpayers who pay for these pre-emptive secrecy campaigns."

Clearly they understand the problem and its import.

Still missing from his list of public entities wasting tax dollars in hiding their public record, still immune from editorial outrage. the leadership of the Albuquerque Public Schools.

APS BOE Pres. Paula Maes/Modrall, APS Supt Linda Sink, et al, are hiding the public records of

• District spending at Paula Maes husband's law firm Modrall, millions of dollars a year.
• Pertinent details of lawsuits filed against the district, the specific complaints, the settlements entered into on behalf of taxpayers, and the money siphoned off each case by the lawyers at Modrall.
• District spending at the Uptown Administrative Complex.
• Results of an impartial investigation into public corruption and criminal conspiracy in the leadership of the APS (Police Department).

Why is Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White hiding the evidence of felony criminal misuse of his NCIC background check system?

Why is District Attorney Kari Brandenburg stalling on her investigation of the evidence of felony criminal misconduct by members of the leadership of the APS and the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office?

Why is Supt Linda Sink hiding public records of public corruption and criminal conspiracy.

Why are Thomas J. Lang, Kent Walz, and the Journal so bent on covering up for the leadership of the APS, Darren White, and Kari Brandenburg?

Darren White is running for congress, for Pete's sake.

Why are Thomas J Lang, Kent Walz and Journal hiding the truth from voters?