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TANNER v. TOWN COUNCIL OF TOWN OF EAST GREENWICH

No. 2002-677-Appeal.

880 A.2d 784 (2005)

Frederick S. TANNER v. The TOWN COUNCIL OF the TOWN OF EAST GREENWICH et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 18, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Wieck, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Peter A. Clarkin, Providence, for Defendant.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, SUTTELL, and ROBINSON, JJ.

OPINION

SUTTELL, Justice.

"A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps, both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."1

In a democratic society, the gateway to such knowledge is access to information and the adequate means...

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