Fire District 12 hears about state Public Record Act

Mason County Fire District 12 commissioners received a lesson about the state Public Records Act at their March 15 meeting.

State Assistant Attorney General Morgan Damerow was on the agenda to talk about the Public Records Act. Damerow spoke for about 30 minutes of the meeting, addressing why people should care about transparency laws, what agencies must do under the PRA and what a PRA request looks like.

The commissioners answered more community questions during the meeting. Commissioner John Pais answered a question about personal use of command vehicles by the chief. He said every fire chie...