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When transparency become controversial
When a Sequim woman criticized a public records seminar as “divisive,” she missed the point entirely. The event wasn’t about politics—it was about the constitutional right to transparency. Citizens left empowered, not enraged. So why is teaching people how to access public records suddenly controversial?
On July 17, the Sequim Elks Lodge hosted a public seminar designed to equip Clallam County residents with the tools to access and understand government records—how their money is being spent, whether local agencies are operating efficiently, and how to ask questions rooted in facts, not…
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