It's not only the US Gov't that hides critial information from the public ...

English authorities keep life and death information secret also (Women cyclists ‘risk death’ by obeying traffic lights).

The report by Transport for London’s road safety unit was completed last July but has been kept secret. It suggests that some cyclists who break the law by jumping red lights may be safer and that cycle feeder lanes may make the problem worse.

Appears that women cyclists obey the traffic laws more frequently than men and as a result also are killed by lorries more frequently than men.

Wonder what their justification was for keeping this report secret? It might encourage women to disobey some traffic laws in order to stay alive?

Arizona Legislature protects Maricopa County ...

The Arizona Legislature (in SB 1169) has decided to protect only Maricopa residents from having public documents posted on the web with SS numbers intact.

The Arizona legislature will allow the rest of us to individually 'request' the removal of our SS number from an online document ... starting in 2009. I can imagine how well that process will work ...

Why do we pay these legislative creatures anything at all? They should pay us for the privilege of calling themselves 'legislators' and 'representatives' and 'senators.'
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Arizona Daily Star: AZ bill keeps SS numbers off Internet --But legislation would apply solely to residents of Maricopa County by Daniel Scarpinato