If this opinion becomes protocol, hasn’t the special panel to review and make suggestions for public records law compliance for public employees simply made Easley’s idea of preserving e-mails legit?

Basically, the panel thinks that if employees take a class where an authority figure tells then what they can and can’t delete, these employees are then qualified to make day-to-day decisions on what information is important to be preserved for the public record.

Isn’t this the very same process that got the Governor and his staff in trouble to begin with?