A change to a bill intended to increase government transparency does the opposite with regard to information about property owned by Wisconsin judges and district attorneys.
The Wisconsin Assembly's Committee on Judiciary and Ethics approved the change to the bill, which allows the state Government Accountability Board to post annual economic interest statements of public officials online.
But the property information of judges and district attorneys would be kept secret on grounds of safety concerns.
Members of the public seeking the annual economic interest statements must provide their names and addresses when making the request.
Read the full story from the Journal Sentinel here.
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It is quite natural that law is for the protection mankind. Law will always for the public interest. And for the sake of mankind records should be kept confidential.
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