'Again, I should have known better,' columnist WarOnDumb writes. 'If Kay Ivey gives you a candy apple, check it for a razor blade or you’re gonna get cut. Now excuse me for a minute while I spit the blood out of my mouth.'
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey promised transparency in government, but her executive order on open records was a barricade against better reforms from the Alabama Legislature. Kyle Whitmire’s newsletter, “Alabamafication” examines the outsized influence of this very strange state, taking aim at corruption, cruelty, incompetence and hypocrisy while also seeking out those righteous folks making their state and country better places for all.When Gov.
In a purely technical sense, Alabama has an open records law. That law says public records belong to Alabama citizens and that public officials are to make those records available to citizens — not just media or lawyers, but everybody — upon request. In 2019, one business did sue the state for public records. It won. And when it was over, that business hadIn cases like that, the court can demand the state pay the costs — if the plaintiff wins, and that’s a big if — but the court can just as easily stick them with the bill. Even if the court does award legal fees, guess who gets to pay that? Taxpayers.. We’re used to being last, I suppose, but this might be the most important crumby ranking of all.
“Ask” might not be the right word, of course. “Ask” implies there’s an option for you to say, “No, I want my documents now.” The order gives citizens no such right.And it provides no mechanism for enforcement but to sue . This year, Orr and his co-sponsor in the House, state Rep. Cynthia Almond, R-Tuscaloosa, tried to set a real deadline with the bill.
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