It's winter -- about the usual time for the Legislature's leadership to take a thoughtless stab at limiting freedom of the press. This year it's House Bill 122, which would limit the Government Records Access and Management Act's effectiveness by allowing "anticipated" litigation to be a criteria to deny requested government records.
The current GRAMA standard allows a "balancing test" that pits public interest versus privacy concerns. But under HB122, sponsored by Rep. Douglas Aagard, R-Kaysville, that right will no longer exist. The public interest, balance tests, they're all tossed in the trash with what's left of a power lobbyist's lunch.
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