Editorial: We Need Less Gray

Nebraska’s open records statutes are designed to tread the treacherous ground between the public’s right to know and a governmental entity’s need for privacy in certain circumstances.

It is a narrow and tricky path, indeed.

The state prevents city officials from releasing the reason Kimball’s economic development director was sacked last week. Indeed, they cannot even confirm that City Administrator Daniel Ortiz dismissed Larissa Binod from the post she held for just over a year.

This seems a bit strict.

We understand the need to keep probationary warnings or other notes in a person...