Emails, notorious for getting employees into trouble, are also getting public officials in hot water.
Increasingly, officials are accused of violating the Illinois Open Meetings Act by hitting the “send” button on electronic mail.
Sometimes, it’s inadvertent and minor. In other cases, public access advocates say, emails and instant messages are in danger of becoming the new smoke-filled backrooms of politics.
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