Public records law has no teeth

Colman Herman recently wrote an article for the New England First Amendment Center about problems obtaining records through public records requests. The article discusses a records request made by attorney David Milton that the state’s public records agency refused to enforce on questionable grounds. Milton wrote a response to the agency in which he stated, “Your resolution of [my] public records appeal does more than confirm that the Public Records Law has no teeth. It removes the gums. That this injury to the law comes from the agency charged with upholding it makes it all the more shameful.”