And this week, I am proposing legislation to strengthen our Open Records laws to make public access to our public records surer, faster, and more comprehensive.

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• Roy Barnes:

  What I am proposing this year are not lofty concepts far removed form the daily struggle so of ordi

• Roy Barnes:

  One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law

• Roy Barnes:

  I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government.

• Roy Barnes:

  And one of the things I've tried to do in my first months in office is to give more Georgians - rep

• Roy Barnes:

  After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that

• Roy Barnes:

  There is no country on earth with a stronger tradition of protecting the public's right to know.

• Roy Barnes:

  The First Amendment rejects red tape, cover-up and double-speak.

• Roy Barnes:

  In my first year as governor, we solved some of the problems that had begun to undermine the Open R

• Roy Barnes:

  No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize th

• Roy Barnes:

  We made a good start toward preserving recreational areas like the Chattahoochee River.