"Ordinary citizens or community organizations shouldn’t have to fight this hard for records like this, but Rural Roots is dug in to get them released so the public can see which of their officials agreed to secrecy about matters that have life-changing consequences for their lives, homes, and community," Pam Spees, senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and the lawyer representing the groups in the lawsuit, said in a statement.

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