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Wisconsin's open meetings law is based on the idea that "a representative government of the American type is dependent upon an informed electorate."
But don't tell that to two prominent Republican state senators. They seem to think that it's better when the public isn't involved.
Republican Sens. Glenn Grothman of West Bend and Alberta Darling of River Hills held two invitation-only public hearings on a proposed constitutional amendment to limit spending by school districts and local governments.
Normally, such meetings are designed to get input from all citizens, but Grothman and Darling limited a March 29 meeting at the Germantown Village Hall to local government leaders only. An earlier session March 13 in Brown Deer was...