This is in response to the letter by Bill Lagasse printed Feb. 25.
Democracy is maintained by freedom of the press.
That means the government may not conduct the public’s business in private. This occurred all too frequently in the 1950s, so Maine passed one of the earliest in the nation freedom of access laws. It was designed to protect us from overzealous public officials who may think they are above the law. I feel that too many of our public officials have the attitude that they are “aristocrats” and we, the citizens, are the “peons.” The officials forget that citizens’ taxes pay their salary.
The Sun Journal and other media outlets are doing a good job searching out the truth, and when it takes the Freedom of Access law to do it, we should be thankful it is in place to protect us..
I agree with Mr. Lagasse that the media should be “using their powerful role for things that will matter years from now.” Without freedom of access laws, we eventually lose freedom of the press and then our great democracy goes down with it. After it’s gone, people will stand around and say, “How did that happen?”
Kevin Morrissey,
Livermore Falls
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