A November 7 opinion by the Bowling Green Daily News editorial board proceeds from the false assumption that the current assault on open records — waged by Attorney General Daniel Cameron — originated with Cameron.

The open records decision on which Cameron has relied in a series of recent decisions —declaring that communications about public business exchanged by public officials and employees on privately owned devices and personal accounts are not public records — was, as we have often noted, issued by Attorney General Jack Conway on his last day in office in 2015.

Cameron's decision cites Conway's 2015 decision in support of his conclusion that the records are neither "owned" nor "possessed" by a public agency and are therefore inaccessible under the the Open Records Act.

Underlying both Conway's original decision, and Cameron's recent decisions is the legally unsupportable position that a public official or employee can evade accountability by "privately" communicating about public business on devices purchased with personal, rather than public, funds.

While we are grateful that the newspaper recognizes the grave threat to open government these indefensible open records decisions represent, we remind the editorial board that others, besides Cameron, bear a heavy share of blame.