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lie nuicucaii pietsw is engaged In a dally fight against the efforts of too many public officials to keep secret the operations of their segment of government. The press feels it has a duty to inform people of what's going on in the world around them, particularly in government circles.
It resents the suggestion that the public should not be permitted to know what its elected and appointed officials are doing. It rejects the idea that nothing controversial should be aired in the press because the officials involved don’t wish to take a controversial stand. Censorship of news about the public’s business is not confined to any level of government. City offices and the Congress alike are guilty of holding out on the taxpayers.
Even more common than formal censorship of news is the deciding of controversial issues over a cup of coffee instead of at a public meeting. It is understandable that a politician, particularly a member of a part-time city commission, drawing a token salary, would like to avoid stirring up a controversy.
But when a man seeks and accepts public office, he forfeits the right to keep his political opinions to himself,
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