Tuesday, August 25, 2009

WA State "Sunshine Committee" To Discuss CASA Program Openness 8/31/09

Washington State, by statue, has an open government committee. I am a member.

Our goal is to remove exemptions from public disclosure any category of information that should not be exempt. By vote, the committee has agreed to look into information that has been, by practice (not statute), withheld from the public in the area of Court Appointed Attorneys.

There will be a "Sunshine Committee" meeting, Monday, August 31st in Olympia, WA. CASA will be on the agenda.

State and King County CASA organizations, not surprisingly, testified against any effort to open up their information. I will keep you posted. It should be an interesting meeting and for those of you wishing to attend the meetings are open to the public and testimony is taken.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What time? Any chance some High up Casa's will be there?

Anonymous said...

CASA is not to be trusted anymore than CPS. CASA/GALs are supposed to be court appointed attorneys yet here in this backwoods area and others all over the state of WA they are no more than puffed up mouthpieces for CPS. They are not accountable for their actions and they are making life changing statements to judges when they don't have anymore education or less than a bartender. How did CASA get so much power ? where is their background checks and where is their accountability? If they really care about kids and what happens to them why in the world are they so biased against families? and what a secret organization CASA is. Its like working with the gestapo. If I could make it over there for this meeting I would surely testify but...I have spent every dime and emotional resources I have fighting CPS and CASA and being treated like a criminal when all i wanted is to see my grandchild. I say they (CASA) definitely needs to be investigated and their doors open. What are they so afraid of? What do they have to hide.

strawberryblonde said...

You should post the address location of the Sunshine Committee meeting for those wanting to attend.

1125 Washington St SE • Po Box 40100 • Olympia, WA 98504 • (360) 753-6200 ...

Anonymous said...

There is at least 1 very, caring GAL in Snohomish County. He is very much in the best interest of the child but is not listened to.