Another call for sunshine on the Attorney General

Here is another call for sunshine on the Attorney General from the letters section of the Clarion Ledger: AG's office can use 'sunshine'

The Clarion-Ledger has been an active voice for open government in Mississippi. The Feb. 13 editorial ("Secrecy: Senate backslides on openness") criticized opponents of a sunshine bill by Sen. David Blount to decrease the waiting period on open records request.

But where is the editorial regarding Sen. Joey Fillingane's attempt to open the Mississippi attorney general's office to sunshine? The waiting period on those records is forever.

Attorney General Jim Hood has given more than 20 no-bid contracts to major campaign contributors, some amounting to millions of dollars in revenue. Who knows who else Hood is working with? Not the taxpayers, because there is no sunshine.

Where is the outrage over the attorney general's deals? The Clarion-Ledger and those seeking open government should also promote sunshine on the office of the attorney general.

Aaron Gentry
Clinton