Photos: Public owes a debt to Capitol?s unpaid privacy watchdog

Posted Feb 15, 2013

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Citizen activist Rich Neumeister describes himself on his blog and Twitter account ? required reading for some legislators, journalists and policy wonks ? ?as just an ordinary citizen interested in privacy and government information policy.? He?s more than that. He?s a private citizen who has spent 36 years and counting, without pay, looking out for the people?s best interests inside the people?s house.

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  Citizen activist Rich Neumeister, right, stops to chat with Minnesota Department of Human Services Inspector General Jerry Kerber in the tunnel between the State Capitol Building and the State Office Building on Tuesday, February 12, 2012. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin)

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  Neumeister makes the rounds in the State Capitol building. He describes himself on his blog and Twitter account -- required reading for some legislators, journalists and policy wonks -- "as just an ordinary citizen interested in privacy and government information policy." (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin)

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  Neumeister stops in to speak with a John Reynolds, a GOP research consultant, in the State Office Building. Neumeister is a private citizen who has spent 36 years and counting, without pay, looking out for the people's best interests inside the people's house. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin)

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  Neumeister makes his case against an amendment as he makes the rounds in the State Capitol Building. He spends the bulk of his time focusing on privacy rights and open government law. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin)

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  Neumeister and a group of teenagers from across the country pose with Minnesota U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann inside her Washington, D.C. office last month. Neumeister, a fixture at the Minnesota State Capitol for 36 years, teaches civics engagement to low income high school students as part of the Close Up Foundation. He has attended six inaugurations with students, the first Ronald Reagan's and the most recent Barack Obama's second-term inauguration last month. (Photo courtesy of Rich Neumeister)

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  Neumeister peers into yet another office in the State Capitol. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin)

Source: http://photos.twincities.com/2013/02/15/photos-public-owes-a-debt-to-capitols-unpaid-privacy-watchdog/

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