All of the sudden, LaHood is Mr. Transparency
You have got to be friggin’ kidding me:
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, in a bow to the Obama administration’s promise of greater openness, abandoned a controversial proposal to keep the records confidential.
LaHood said since the White House felt comfortable releasing memos recently about secret interrogations of terrorism suspects, it was hard to justify the Federal Aviation Administration’s plan to withhold information about birds flying around airports.
“Public disclosure is our job,” LaHood wrote Wednesday on his official blog. “The sea change in government transparency is beginning, and we are happy to be a part of it.”
Transparency? Oh, this is rich. Tell you what, readers, I am late to work. So I don’t have time to link to specific posts. So just look at some posts about LaHood, lobbyists and trips he has taken. Note how this guy was treated with kid gloves by subservient local media and deliberately mislead them when any of them asked.
Transparency, my ass.
Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates 
I’ll have to say I am glad he has come around. I see nothing wrong with him changing his mind and becoming transparent. More so than your ass.