Access to documents in our Legislature is really phenomenal. Louisiana is very, very advanced when compared to other state legislatures.

When we were dealing with the paper world and you were allowed to see the file, you could view the ideas that went into policy development. E-mail is very easy to be lost, and it is a lot more difficult to follow.

One issue is convincing the public that there are entities out there other than the media that really need access to documents, such as people doing substantive research on government.

We have to be careful in shutting down public records.

[The tragedy and its remembrance, fueled by the ballad] The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ... We are holding our own.

Turning back the pages of my sweet shattered dream, I wonder if she'll ever do the same; And the thing that I call living is just being satisfied With knowing I've got no one left to blame