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I’d like to remind my fellow citizens here in the 10th Legislative District that all three of your elected officials supported SB 6617, which would have exempted them from our state’s public records act. Dave Hayes and Barbara Bailey voted yes, while Norma Smith did not vote due to an excused absence. She later stated that she would have “absolutely voted yes” if she were present for the vote. Thanks to a citizen’s uprising, we prevented this disaster by pressuring a gubernatorial veto, but we now know where our elected officials stand on the issue of open government.

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