The policy of the State
of Washington encourages openness of records. The Open Public Records Act
declares, "The people of this state do not yield their sovereignty to the
agencies that serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give
their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to
know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining
informed so that they may maintain control over the instruments that they
have created. The public records subdivision of this chapter shall be liberally
construed and its exemptions narrowly construed to promote this public
policy."