The fourth paragraph should read: Note what it says: all persons. Not just credentialed journalists or licensed lawyers.
Here is the whole column with that fix:
Your Right to Know / Alex Saloutos
Anyone can lay down the law on open records
I am not a lawyer. I am a Madison resident who is curious about how the city spends money and whether it follows its own rules.
A few years ago, I started writing a blog about Madison city government, focusing on things the mainstream media were not covering. A big part of this involves obtaining records under the state’s open records law. When I want to know what is happening, I ask for the documents, and I read them…