"Access to information is a basic human right that should be, but is not currently, protected by law. At the moment, we have a system that legally protects locking up information and punishes as criminals those that create a means of access. This is backwards and flies in the face of the founding principles of the United States of America. We call our era the 'information age'--why then, is so much information walled off behind false barriers that only serve to protect the interests of those that publish information and deny access to so many of the world's citizens? We tried this experiment before, and we now call that time period 'the dark ages.' Let's not make that mistake a 2nd time--support Assembly Bill 1668, which would guarantee citizens' access to state government documents..."
