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A pledge to support the public's right to know

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

By Joey Senat

Perhaps more Oklahomans want their government conducted in the open than the politicians realized.

Voters on Nov. 4 elected 13 of the 25 candidates for statewide, legislative or county offices who had pledged to support the public's right to know at every opportunity. Among those elected are five metro-area members of the state House and Oklahoma County Commissioner-elect Brian Maughan, R-Oklahoma City.

In signing FOI Oklahoma Inc.'s Open Government Pledge, these Democrats and Republicans joined a national effort to spur public commitments to government transparency from candidates for president down to city council contests.

 

Senat is an associate journalism professor at Oklahoma State University and past president of FOI Oklahoma Inc.

 
 

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