Friday, June 23, 2006

Miller joins Chandler

The AP reports the remarks from Kentucky State Treasurer Jonathan Miller on the censorship issue. One of the sites blocked hurts the business of the Treasurer's office.
State Treasurer Jonathan Miller has asked the Commonwealth Office of Technology to restore access for his office to several Web sites that were blocked earlier this week.

"The misguided attempt to limit access to select news sites raises serious constitutional concerns," Miller said.

Miller said he is especially interested in getting access to eBay restored so that his office can monitor online auctions of unclaimed property that his office puts up for sale.[...]

"We face many difficult challenges in Frankfort," Miller said. "Censoring critical speech, however, will not assist us in moving the state forward."

Gwen Pinson, the Finance Cabinet's general counsel, said sites blocked to computers in Miller's agency had not been reinstated as of late Friday. Miller's office would have to submit a specific request listing the site addresses he wants unblocked and the reasons why they should be available.

"We don't categorically exempt anybody from the filtering," Pinson said. "And we haven't received any such request."
Okay, go back to the last paragraph again. WHY ARE THE RIGHT WING SITES NOT BLOCKED YET AND SITES LIKE THESE ARE?!?

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