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ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER

BROKEN RECORDS: APPEALS NONSENSE

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted September 20, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Drafting these regulations was an opportunity to clarify vague and troubling language, but Galvin’s office has failed to address several issues left by state lawmakers.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Broken Records, Commonwealth, house, Mass Municipal Association, Massachusetts, MMA, public records, public records reform, Secretary of State, senate, William Galvin

BROKEN RECORDS: REFER MADNESS

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted September 7, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Top Dems make a show of pretending they might enforce the public records law

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Broken Records, Commonwealth, FOIA, freedom of information, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, public records, transparency, William Galvin

BROKEN RECORDS: CAPELESS, AND USELESS

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted July 20, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Enforcement of the Massachusetts records law will never happen under Galvin and Healey

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, attorney general, Beacon Hill, Berkshires, Broken Records, Capeless, corruption, District Attorney, enforcement, Massachusetts politics, Maura Healey, Pittsfield, public records law, Secretary of State William Galvin, state politics

BROKEN RECORDS: WHAT THE FOIA?!

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted July 5, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Who do you call when the cops rip you off?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston, BPD, Broken Records, CIA, Evan Anderson, FBI, FOIA, Lieutenant McCarthy, Maura Healey, MuckRock, public information, transparency, William Galvin

MASS RECORDS LAW STILL BROKEN

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted June 13, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Instead of improving enforcement, the Legislature decided to allow municipal agencies to grant themselves up to 25 business days to produce records

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Beacon Hill, Broken Records, FOIA, Massachusetts Legislature, Maura Healey, public information, public records, William Galvin

GUEST MEDIA FARM: HOW NOT TO REPORT ON POLICE BRUTALITY

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted May 31, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

When cases of police brutality appear on video, the local media tend to shut off their collective critical thinking skills and even side with the police. The coverage of the  ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: allegedly, Boston Media, Boston Police Department, Boylston Street, cops, Police, police brutality, scuffle, umbrella

BROKEN RECORDS: THE PITTS ARE DEEPER THAN WE THOUGHT

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted April 20, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

In response to our recent column, Pittsfield police say they will not prevent future loss of evidence, while Berkshire DA calls his office’s failure to review evidence before a court date fair and ethical

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: attorney general, Berkshire County, Broken Records, Capeless, District Attorney, evidence, FOIA, lost hard drive, Maura Healey, Pittsfield Police, public information

BROKEN RECORDS: THE PITTS

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted April 6, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Western Mass city loses police records, DA keeps failure secret

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: attorney general, Berkshire County, Broken Records, Capeless, District Attorney, evidence, FOIA, lost hard drive, Maura Healey, Pittsfield Police, public information

BROKEN RECORDS: THE SUN DON’T SHINE IN MASSACHUSETTS

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted March 14, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the Commonwealth, even paying for public records doesn’t guarantee you’ll get them

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Police Department, BPD, Broken Records, FOIA, Golden Padlock Awards, J. Patrick Brown, Massachusetts, MuckRock, National Security Agency, NSA, Secretary Galvin, Sunshine Week

QUINCY LIES: MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS GARISHLY FLOUT MASS PUBLIC RECORDS LAW

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted March 1, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

They repeated these falsehoods to Kane-McGunigle, us, the Boston Globe, and to Galvin’s office.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: andrew quemere, Broken Records, FOIA, Massachusetts, Maya Shaffer, public information, public records, Quincy, William Galvin

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