Ok, hombre, I’ll bite: suppose they did try to pass a law exempting certain records from this open door law. on the scaled of shite I give a rat’s ass about, this is barely one notch below what Trump’s son likes to hunt and one notch above what Christie likes for breakfasT.
A key point: they tried to pass a change to the open records law. Notice that he didn’t, oh, wipe a server clean, or stuff documents down his Jockey shorts. Trying to enact a policy position on an obscure statute that 99% of the public doesn’t know and doesn’t care about is quite legal, and not tantamount to treason. That the local liberal rag is bunched up about it frankly makes me feel better.
The people of Wisconsin Cared Very Much. It was the backlash that ensued that made the legislature back track and remove the language from the budget deal.
Open Records Laws help prevent corruption. For that reason, they are very important. What he attempted is at least the equivalent of wiping a server clean. When you make all emails, correspondence, legislative deliberations at all levels completely shielded from public scrutiny, how is that different?