Silence speaks a thousand words

    I started this blog on April 13, 2006, because education was needed about sunshine law issues and because I wanted to raise awareness in the state about the lack of respect for the law by public officials.

    Today, November 15, 2007, I am just sitting with my jaw in my lap.  Never in my wildest dreams did I ever figure the day would come in this state when sunshine law issues were at the height of Missouri’s political news.  I have written about public officials on the local level who needed an education about the law.  Tomorrow morning, your papers will be filed with stories about the state government and the sunshine law arguments that have taken over those in the highest offices of our state government.  I am just stunned at this turn of events.

    The little stories I hear cannot begin to compare with what is swirling around us on the state level.

    So tonight, I declare a moment of silence on local sunshine disputes, because we have reached a level of cacophony that exceeds all my expectations. Maybe tomorrow I’ll get back on my soap box, but tonight I secede it to those in our highest levels of state government. 

    May the sunshine law never rest in peace.