Bob Abboud letter to the Daily Herald editor
FOIA, the Freedom of Information Act, is an enhancement of governmental transparency. FOIA provides access to information, including the village budget, costs, procedures, and the like. FOIAs are legitimately used by the media.
The village of Barrington Hills has long embraced FOIA, including a sophisticated website with the majority of the village’s documents on line. I support FOIA. Unfortunately, in virtually every community, a few use this mechanism to harass the operations of the public for their own particular agenda not related to improving government efficiency, transparency or other legitimate uses.
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