I am writing directly to my fellow grassroots transparency warriors individually for the Advocate's Corner reboot column. You and I, the little guys who read the missives and listserv, please think of your awesome self as the tip of the spear of a mighty Coalition. If you doubt that, I want to call your attention to an April 1, 2024, Associationof Washington Cities statement . Disregard the date, it’s true this was said: Despite, or perhaps because of, the laments of the news media and the Washington Coalition for Open Government about the state of open government in Washington, legislators took little action this session to change the Public Records Act (PRA) or Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA). . . . AWC also worked with Rep. Joe Schmick (R–Colfax) on a bill, HB 2307 , to try to reduce the impact of vexatious public records litigation by creating a fast internal appeal process and giving judges more discretion over what they consider when making penalty d...