Jon Fleischaker

Jon Fleischaker is a media law and First Amendment expert who serves as general counsel to the Kentucky Press Association. He practices at the law firm of Kaplan Johnson Abate & Bird LLP, where he regularly litigates open records and First Amendment disputes across the commonwealth. Fleischaker was among the original authors of the state’s Open Records and Open Meetings Acts.

Why does Gov. Beshear disagree with Attorney General Beshear? What text messages are the governor and his administration trying to hide? Is he selling out Kentucky’s transparency laws to make it easier to seek a national platform? 
By Jon Fleischaker
Gov. Andy Beshear has tried to appeal to his own reputation for transparency to explain his apparent support for a bill that would reduce the public’s access to records of official government business. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Arden Barnes)