Rep. Jim DeCesare said today he plans to re-file his government transparency bill from last session and that he would like to see the rest of state government pick up the pace toward a more open and honest approach to spending taxpayer money.
"I appreciate Trey Grayson's efforts and I'm glad to see Governor Beshear coming around on this a little bit, but I'd like to see him move a lot quicker. (Posting expenditures online) doesn't need to be studied. The studies have already been done," DeCesare said.
Gov. Beshear called last month for a task force to study government transparency and the task force held one meeting on June 19. Finance and Administration Cabinet spokeswoman Jill Midkiff said today that a second meeting has not been scheduled.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Lawmaker wants transparency to come faster
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The sooner the better!
He's right, it doesn't need to be studied anymore. Why would anyone need to do a study about making information public that should already be public? Unless...
Setting up task forces and doing special studies are proven ways for elected officials to 'appear' to be doing something but in fact they are just delaying taking any action and making tough decisions. Trey Grayson showed executive leadership by just making a decision with wasting the time and money of others.
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