By Jennifer Eisenbart
Editor
State Democrats and Republicans spent Tuesday teeing off on one another again over open-records law changes that were considered at the end of the budget process in July.
State Minority Leader Peter Barca, a Democrat from Kenosha, issued a press release Tuesday accusing Rep. Robin Vos – the Speaker of the State Assembly – of renewing his attack on the open records law.
However, Vos held a press conference later in the afternoon, calling the Democrats’ statement the result of a liberal media group making false claims.
Vos went on to explain that his office updated the open records draft to “return it to the original intent of the legislation and put an end to the previous process.”
“We are not changing the open records law,” Vos said. “This was just another instance when a liberal media group wanted to bash Republicans without seeking the truth.”
Vos also said at the press conference that the goal of any proposed change is to protect private information of constituents who share information with legislative offices without realizing it is a matter of public record.
Barca, meanwhile, called it another “Republic assault on Democracy,” and said he and State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout have drafted three legislative proposals that would, in effect, formally include open records law as a right in the state constitution.
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