What's The Hubbub, Bub?

Marlin Schneider, Democratic State Representative from Wisconsin Rapids, wants to keep people from having easy access to CCAP, but for what?

Rep. Marlin Schneider, D-Wisconsin Rapids, wants to restrict the popular service, known as CCAP, to only records of people who have been convicted of crimes, not those that are only pending or have been dismissed or ended in acquittals.. He said he sought the changes because hundreds of people had told him tales of how information from CCAP prevented them from renting homes or getting jobs.

But Schneider fessed up after the Associated Press requested copies of all complaints he had received about CCAP. The total, over four years, was 59 -- and only 22 were from people who had had criminal charges dismissed.

This is a valuable tool for many people. Perhaps instead of making it even harder for people to use, they could clean up the system to make sure it is easier for people to correctly read it in the first place. It would resolve the complainants grievances while maintaining the good that comes from this program.