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bell-cottoday at 1:33 PM4 repliesview on HN

The most important news is in the subtitle -

> Wisconsin has now joined several states with legislative proposals to make the process more transparent.

Legislative or constitutional, good democratic government really needs limits on how much its supposed officials can do in secret.


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imglorptoday at 1:50 PM

It's literally "we the people, by the people, for the people". Except for personnel/employee matters, state and local government should be completely transparent with secrets explicitly forbidden.

Secret deals with corporations is corruption.

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newscluestoday at 1:41 PM

Secrecy needs a time limit.

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rayinertoday at 1:37 PM

I agree, but what do you do when people are steeped in misinformation about water use and 5G signals?

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