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There Is No Country On Earth With A Stronger Tradition Of Protecting The Public's Right To Know.

We Are All One - Or At Least We Should Be - And It Is Our Job, Our Duty, And Our Great Challenge To Fight The Voices Of Division And Seek The Salve Of Reconciliation.

We Changed The Names Of Our Technical Schools To Colleges, We Expanded The Eligibility For Hope Scholarships For Technical Training, And We Added Some Formula Funding.

After All, I Have Spent The Better Part Of My Adult Life Insisting That Government Be Open... That Government Be Accessible... And That Government Be Held Accountable To People Who Voted Us Into Office.

The Law Should Be A Shield For The Weak And Powerless, Not A Club For The