In the latest instance of the ruling class assault on rule of law, Rep. Byron Cook’s office seems to have decided they no longer need to even make a show of following state open records law.
AgendaWise sent an open records request for Cook’s calendar on March 11th which went unanswered.
AgendaWise then sent a certified letter May 15th. This letter was returned July 3rd. The envelope came back with someone having written on it “AgendaWise”, “Refused”, “Return”, and “RTS”.
AgendaWise will be sending another request to Cook’s office.
Cook’s office admitted to AgendaWise two years ago that they didn’t keep a calendar, which is against the law.
Cook is an establishment Republican and part of a crew who endanger the future of our state by giving their best to the lobby and treating as trivial and ‘political-only’ important long term issues such as state debt and spending, school curriculum, rule of law, bureaucracy reform.
Many such officials are great at engineering excuses for themselves and glad-handing their district into liking them.
This is why, for example, the US Congress’ approval rating is at 10%, yet virtually every district thinks their elected official is one of the few good guys.
Only engagement can educate voters. It is a good idea for people unhappy with the product delivered by our political establishment to pay attention to who the establishment attacks and hates.
The establishment’s targets are the people actually threatening to reform the system. They are the people whose opinions of legislators really count.
–Two articles on Cook’s previous calendar drama 1, 2