Suggested Changes to Washington Public Records Act

Sen. Darlene Fairley says she wants to end the state's Sunshine Committee, dedicated to reviewing what information the government can keep secret, because the results weren't worth the effort.

The committee, created in 2007, has recommended changes to 12 exemptions to the Public Records Act, which has been changed to keep more than 300 kinds of documents out of public view.

"We're spending, by my count, 700 hours of staff time … it added up to almost $100,000," said Fairley, a Lake Forest Park Democrat. "You're not giving me one public-disclosure exemption that you can say, 'Get rid of this.' … Come on, folks. We're not here to waste money. We're here to do something."

Read more at The Olympian.