I like having a citizen Commission. The Commissioners seem accessible, although I think they made an egregious mistake following Grossman's advice to approve non-transparent government - the secret meetings issue. I am equally bothered that citizens are paying to sue WDFW to comply with public law, and that we, as citizens, are also paying WDFW's legal tab trying to avoid complying with public law. Talk about a screwed up situation.

I worked for a couple public agencies. I advised people to never request information from me through formal channels - called FOIA for the feds. Doing so automatically kicked in a 2-month delay while the paper trail process played out. I suggested that they just come by my office, door's open, and they can go through my file cabinets anytime; just put things back where they belong. Only exception was attorney-client privileged info. I cannot fathom why any public servant opposes open government.