June 07, 2004

Why Simi?

Reagan Presidential Library An interesting Star article discusses how the Reagan Library came to be where it is: Land offer brought library to Simi.

It closes with this:

It was the last library that Congress allowed to top 70,000 square feet, saying that the taxpayers could no longer afford to pay for maintaining and operating such facilities. Reagan's papers were the first to fall under the Presidential Records Act of 1978. The law made all presidential documents public property but allows a president to restrict access to certain categories for up to 12 years after leaving office.

I may be daft but didn't the Bush administration (the current) one decide this law sucked and revoke it (or rescind it, or something) right before the date that when all the papers would have been released?

Posted by Dave at June 7, 2004 11:50 PM
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