9 Mar 2010
Know Your Rights!
When politicians desperately try to quash public votes on tax subsidies for wealthy corporations (like the $350 million tax break for Morgan Stanley’s casino), and bureaucrats refuse to disclose the public records about those subsidies, what is a citizen to do?
Yesterday, a group of citizens filed two lawsuits. The first lawsuit says that Atlantic City politicians can’t simply throw a valid referendum off the ballot because they don’t like it. The second lawsuit says that Atlantic City needs to comply with the State of New Jersey’s Open Records Act. It’s a shame that voters have to sue to enforce their rights, but given Atlantic City’s reputation for open and clean government, are you really surprised?
