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Dave Kanner, County Administrator
1300 NW Wall St, Suite 200, Bend, OR 97701-1960
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www.co.deschutel-..or.us
April 23, 2010
TO: Board of Commissioners
FROM: Dave Kanner
RE: Attorney General's "Transparency in Government" initiative
As you are no doubt aware, Attorney General John Kroger has launched an initiative to
identify issues with Oregon's public records and public meetings laws with the goal of
proposing improvements to the 2011 Legislature. According the AG's web site:
"Oregon's open government laws promote democracy by ensuring that all state, regional
and local governments conduct their business with transparency. Attorney General John
Kroger has launched a systematic review of Oregon's public records and meetings laws to
identify weak points and suggest improvements in time for the 2011 legislative session.
Co-sponsored by the Oregon Newspaper Publisher's Association, the purpose of this
public meeting will be to gather suggestions from the public, media, government officials
and anyone else who is interested in improving government transparency in Oregon."
Attorney General Kroger will hold a public meeting in Redmond on Thursday, April 29,
6 p.m. at the Redmond Library. Scot Langton and Nancy Blankenship have signed up to
testify and they will focus on the need to develop uniform statewide procedures for
redaction of certain types of information from deed records, as approved by the 2009
Legislature. Laurie Craghead would also like to testify on this issue and has requested an
opportunity to meet with the Board regarding what she might present as the County's
position.
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