““We the people.”
Those three words, the first three words of the U.S. Constitution, are often cited as justification for citizens exercising their constitutional rights.
But those three words apply in a broader sense to the definition of government itself.
“We the people.” It’s our government. We own it. We pay for it. We agree to be bound by its laws and regulations.
The whole of American society is based on citizen ownership of government.
Now imagine you can pay your money in taxes and you vote, but then the people you put in office withhold vital information from you.
That’s what happens in significant way when government bodies go into closed-door executive sessions without providing a legal reason for their secrecy.”
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Editorial Board. Schenectady Gazette15 February 2021.