I think the sunshine metaphor also applies to free speech issues. In my opinion “hate speech” should be allowed because I want these types of peope exposed to sunlight not hiding in the shadows. Its hard to fight a shadow, but in the sunlight you can combat things like racism and let racists expose themselves for what they are…fools.

The story about cops-gone-wrong your link reveals is one I suspect is going to make a lot of people ask questions about. Why it sat around for nearly a year is just one of the baffling aspects of this case.

However, the failure of the mainstream media to notice this troubling case aside, I don’t think this is all that unusual, in that cops in any town stick together. And, their bosses tend to let them cover up such mistakes.

Which, of course, is why there should be a reasonable amount of civilian oversight of how police departments are operated. After all, we sure can’t count on our shriveling daily newspaper to be much of a watchdog, anymore.

Whether it’s city finances, public schools, project proposals, choosing a police chief, our elected officials should be accountable for everything they do in office.

It’s time for citizens to insist on accountability and transparency. The truth is a virus!

There’s an effort to expand transparency at the state level — my group is pushing for it in a big way in the next GA session.

http://barticles.mytimesdispatch.com/index.php/barticles/comments/world-class_corruption/#comments

The potential of “sunlight” as a populist issue is unlimited.

It’s a concept that defies the old-think pols’ view of issues that wants to cast everything in a left/right lines context.

You got that right…