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Government never likes to have the public know the truth or the reasoning behind decisions. They have figured out a legal, though immoral, way to keep information from those who pay the taxes.
"Former head of the city's downtown redevelopment agency Fred Maas believes there are legal problems with requiring the agency to pay off the previous expansion of the city's Convention Center. Maas says there's a legal opinion to back it up. But you aren't allowed to see this one, either.
"I wish it was available," Maas said.
Both opinions are hidden under a veil of secrecy called attorney-client privilege, a legal protection that can keep lawyers' advice private. The idea is to keep legal strategies and opinions confidential so that a client, in this case the city, isn't disadvantaged in litigation."
There is an easy solution. As long as government thinks it is OK to lie, by omission to the public, then the public has the right to vote NO on bonds and tax increases. Then they have the right to defeat any elected official that allows this. It is our money and we have a right to know.
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"Former head of the city's downtown redevelopment agency Fred Maas believes there are legal problems with requiring the agency to pay off the previous expansion of the city's Convention Center. Maas says there's a legal opinion to back it up. But you aren't allowed to see this one, either.
"I wish it was available," Maas said.
Both opinions are hidden under a veil of secrecy called attorney-client privilege, a legal protection that can keep lawyers' advice private. The idea is to keep legal strategies and opinions confidential so that a client, in this case the city, isn't disadvantaged in litigation."
There is an easy solution. As long as government thinks it is OK to lie, by omission to the public, then the public has the right to vote NO on bonds and tax increases. Then they have the right to defeat any elected official that allows this. It is our money and we have a right to know.
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