State integrity news for Michigan, from the Oakland Press:

It is difficult to imagine why an elected official would suggest that the same transparency standards used to hold government accountable ought to be applied to citizens and private organizations engaging in free speech.

Government transparency is a safeguard that protects citizens against abuses of power and misuses of money. Transparency is not a duty of private citizens to one another, nor is it a regulatory standard that must be met before free speech is deemed permissible.

Read the rest of the story at the Oakland Press.

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