Public Records

Many in people in the great state of Tennessee are disagreeing over weather viewing public records should be a crime or not. People in the state are very confused if they will now have to pay a fee to view public records after Rep. Steve McDaniel and Sen. Jim Tracy sent a bill to the Tennessee office of open records counsel stating this claim. Many people in the state are concerned over the claim to charge to view public records because many believe it hinders government hindsight and leaves room for abuse with the records. Deborah fisher the executive director of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government said that “This is very concerning. We think that if there are fees charged to inspect records, it will essentially shut down access for people." This is a continuing story in the state of Tennessee as many people in the state are still fighting and trying to not have pay for free public records.