Re: [MV] FOIA (was Re: [MV] M-816)

From: Jim Densley (puget@harbornet.com)
Date: Tue Aug 28 2001 - 20:07:23 PDT


FOIA is a Federal act. Some states but not all have public records
statutes. You can look with out copying. But if it's a gripe that the
ordinance is unfair, my quess is that you'll have to get the city council to
change the law. Unless there is a consititutional problem with the
ordinance, most judges won't over rule a health-safety-welfare law.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rikk Rogers <rkltd@swbell.net>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] FOIA (was Re: [MV] M-816)

>I have used FOIA in my fight with the city.
>
>You can specify what you want and review it before you pay for it.
>You are more likely to have them miss something if your request is too
>narrow.
>
>rikk
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Behalf Of jonathon
>Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:46 PM
>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>Subject: [MV] FOIA (was Re: [MV] M-816)
>
>
>
>>Have you thought about a FOI (Freedom Of Information ) Act request?
>
>You have to pay for those unless you can prove something or other, I looked
>into this but I have forgotten what the requirement is to get them free.
If
>you can't then you have to pay per page and it's pretty open as to cost per
>page and it's VERY open as to what they are going to copy and bill you for.
>You could get 10,000 pages of nothing at all that you wanted at $0.50 a
>page, no thanks. As far as "freedom of information" I guess it's only if
>you can afford it !
>
>je
>
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