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 Breathe. As the holidays grow ever closer, we all need a method of handling stress.

 It’s a shame that the very people who get to create and vote on statutes related to open government are so quick to violate them.

 Arbor Day, the celebration of the value of trees in our lives is celebrated in spring. Many municipalities plant trees in public areas as part of their Arbor Day celebration.

 Rarely a week goes by that someone doesn’t call me to vent about some aspect of local government, followed by a very predictable request that I try to first expose then fix it.