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judicial watch lawsuit postscript
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As reported earlier, Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the governor, senate president and state senate for open records violations. Judicial Watch claims that information is being withheld about pork-barrel spending which is often hidden inside the budget as "lump-sum" appropriations. Specific details about the projects and how much each project costs are not available to taxpayers.
Freedom of Information Act requests filed by Judicial Watch were ignored by Blagojevich and Jones. Requests made to the State House of Representatives were NOT ignored and hence they were not named in the suit.
Please note that SB1601, sponsored by Republican Senator Gary Dahl would stop this practice. But the bill got stuck in rules by the Democrat led committee and went nowhere.
Freedom of Information Act requests filed by Judicial Watch were ignored by Blagojevich and Jones. Requests made to the State House of Representatives were NOT ignored and hence they were not named in the suit.
Please note that SB1601, sponsored by Republican Senator Gary Dahl would stop this practice. But the bill got stuck in rules by the Democrat led committee and went nowhere.