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our society today than a freedom of information concept,

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an area which is spelled out clearly and plainly to prevent

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the bureaucratic form of government which has b een

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developing in this country to withhold information from

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the people with respect, particularly, to the way its funds

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are expended and also from the standpoint of the way its

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property is handled.

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This also goes down to the little zoning board

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and the other administrative bodies throughout the state

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which have taken upon themselves the right or they have

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assumed the right to withhold such information as they

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desired.

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This was never intended to get into private lives ,

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to get into arrest records, for example, nothing that is

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not rightly at the present time within the public domain,

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but only those things which should be given out which

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are within the public domain.

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I support this minority report. Thank you.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Kiefer.

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DELEGATE KEIFER. In the interest of saving

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time, I will reserve the rest of my time until the