Part of what allows us to remain a free people has to do with keeping our government in check. Something that I frequently use – and use to disinfect via “sunlight” – is New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act. Through OPRA requests citizens and journalists are able to get vital information from the government of New Jersey that might not be advertised or out in the open. OPRA requests are little chain checks that we can use to ensure that whatever is happening in the underbelly of the Garden State is not getting too out of control. Recently the legislature voted to eviscerate the OPRA law as we know it and that’s a bad thing.
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Part of what allows us to remain a free people has to do with keeping our government in check. Something that I frequently use – and use to disinfect via “sunlight” – is New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act. Through OPRA requests citizens and journalists are able to get vital information from the government of New Jersey that might not be advertised or out in the open. OPRA requests are little chain checks that we can use to ensure that whatever is happening in the underbelly of the Garden State is not getting too out of control. Recently the legislature voted to eviscerate the OPRA law as we know it and that’s a bad thing.
More info [here.](https://www.news2a.com/new-jersey/new-jersey-goes-full-1984-eviscerating-transparency/)
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